Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French politician, economist and lawyer serving as President of the European Central Bank, since 1 November 2019. Prior to this appointment and between July 2011 and September 2019, she served as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. Lagarde previously held various senior ministerial posts in the Government of France: she was Minister of Foreign Trade (2005–2007), Minister of Agriculture and Fishing (2007) and Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry (2007–2011). Lagarde was the first woman to become finance minister of a G8 economy and is the first woman to head both the ECB and the IMF. A noted antitrust and labour lawyer, Lagarde was the first female Chair of major international law firm Baker & McKenzie, between 1999 and 2004. On 16 November 2009, the Financial Times ranked her the best finance minister in the Eurozone.
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Considering the important number of contributions, the papers of this conference are reproduced in the pdf version attached only. Please note that these papers are also freely available for non-subscribers at the "Conference" section of the website.
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– First of all, could you briefly recall your career path, which is rather atypical for a Minister of the Economy? You were personally involved in the vote on the Law on the Modernisation of the Economy, which was passed on 4 August. Competition law is only one part of this law, but could you (...)
