10th Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
In office: 1 November 2007 – 19 May 2011
Deputy: John Lipsky
Preceded by: Rodrigo Rato
Succeeded by: John Lipsky
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Finance and Economy Minister of France
In office: 4 June 1997 – 2 November 1999
Preceded by: Jean Arthuis
Succeeded by: Christian Sautter
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Born: 25 April 1949 (1949-04-25) (age 62), Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Political party: Socialist Party
Spouse(s): Anne SinclairIMF chief and possible French presidential contender
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested and charged with an alleged sexual assault, including an attempted rape, on a hotel maid in New York City.
In office: 1 November 2007 – 19 May 2011
Deputy: John Lipsky
Preceded by: Rodrigo Rato
Succeeded by: John Lipsky
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Finance and Economy Minister of France
In office: 4 June 1997 – 2 November 1999
Preceded by: Jean Arthuis
Succeeded by: Christian Sautter
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Born: 25 April 1949 (1949-04-25) (age 62), Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Political party: Socialist Party
Spouse(s): Anne SinclairIMF chief and possible French presidential contender
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested and charged with an alleged sexual assault, including an attempted rape, on a hotel maid in New York City.
The woman accuses Dominique Strauss-Kahn, France's leading presidential contender, of forcing her to perform oral sex on him twice, and then trying to rape her while she cleaned his Sofitel hotel room in Manhattan. Strauss-Kahn took charge of the IMF in November 2007. The former French Finance Minister is considered a leading contender to run as the Socialist Party's candidate against President Nicolas Sarkozy in France's 2012 election. Some say Mr. Sarkozy supported Strauss-Kahn to become the IMF director as a ploy to keep him away from French politics.
I find the arrest surprising given the power dynamics at play. Strauss-Kahn led on the most powerful economic institutions in the world: the IMF oversees the global financial system and has played an active and public role in responding to the global economic crisis. John Lipsky has taken over running the IMF for the time being. Strauss-Kahn was also the expected frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election in France. Basically, he was one of the most powerful men in the world.
Strauss-Kahn is married to a prominent French television reporter, but has weathered previous sex scandals. In 2008, he apologized for what he termed "an error in judgement" for an affair with one of his subordinates.
Strauss-Kahn Resigned
Strauss-Kahn is married to a prominent French television reporter, but has weathered previous sex scandals. In 2008, he apologized for what he termed "an error in judgement" for an affair with one of his subordinates.
Strauss-Kahn Resigned
The head of the International Monetary Fund has resigned amid mounting calls he step down after being jailed on charges he sexually assaulted a maid in his upscale hotel suite. In a brief letter to the IMF executive board, Dominique Strauss-Kahn proclaimed his innocence.
Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn often referred to in the media as DSK, is a French economist, lawyer, and politician, and a member of the Socialist Party of France (PS). Strauss-Kahn became the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 28 September 2007, with the backing of his country's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and served in that role until his resignation on May 19, 2011.
He is a full professor of economics at the Paris Institute for Political Studies ("Sciences Po"). Strauss-Kahn was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1997 to 1999 as part of Lionel Jospin's "Plural Left" government. He belongs to the right wing of the PS (which is on the center-left of French politics) and sought the nomination in the primaries to the Socialist presidential candidacy for the 2007 election, but he was defeated by Ségolène Royal in November 2006.
Strauss-Kahn was first an activist member of the Union of Communist Students, before joining in the 1970s the Centre d'études, de recherches et d'éducation socialiste (Center on Socialist Education Studies and Research, CERES) led by Jean-Pierre Chevènement, future presidential candidate for the 2002 election. There, he befriended the future Prime Minister of France Lionel Jospin (PS).
Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn often referred to in the media as DSK, is a French economist, lawyer, and politician, and a member of the Socialist Party of France (PS). Strauss-Kahn became the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 28 September 2007, with the backing of his country's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and served in that role until his resignation on May 19, 2011.
He is a full professor of economics at the Paris Institute for Political Studies ("Sciences Po"). Strauss-Kahn was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1997 to 1999 as part of Lionel Jospin's "Plural Left" government. He belongs to the right wing of the PS (which is on the center-left of French politics) and sought the nomination in the primaries to the Socialist presidential candidacy for the 2007 election, but he was defeated by Ségolène Royal in November 2006.
Strauss-Kahn was first an activist member of the Union of Communist Students, before joining in the 1970s the Centre d'études, de recherches et d'éducation socialiste (Center on Socialist Education Studies and Research, CERES) led by Jean-Pierre Chevènement, future presidential candidate for the 2002 election. There, he befriended the future Prime Minister of France Lionel Jospin (PS).
After the election of President François Mitterrand (PS) in 1981, he decided to stay out of government. He got involved in the Socialist Party (PS), which was led by Lionel Jospin, and founded Socialisme et judaïsme ("Socialism and Judaism"). The next year, he was appointed to the Commissariat au plan (Planning Commission) as commissaire-adjoint.
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