Speaker
Christine Lagarde
President, European Central Bank
Speaker
President, European Central Bank
Christine Lagarde is a French politician and lawyer. Lagarde previously held various positions in the Government of France: she was Minister of Foreign Trade from 2005 to 2007, Minister of Agriculture and Fishing in 2007, and Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry from 2007 to 2011. Lagarde was the first woman to become finance minister of a G8 economy.