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12 people have been managing director of the IMF since 1946. Kristalina Georgieva has held the post since 1 October 2019.
All twelve have been European, and five were French: Schweitzer, de Larosière, Camdessus, Strauss-Kahn and Lagarde.
Led the Fund under the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates.
Led the Fund from the end of fixed exchange rates in 1973 to 2000.
Five managing directors since 2000, including the first woman (Lagarde) and the first from an emerging market economy (Georgieva).
Can you name them all?
Test yourself12 people have been managing director of the IMF since 1946. Kristalina Georgieva has held the post since 1 October 2019.
Camille Gutt, Ivar Rooth, Per Jacobsson, Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, Johannes Witteveen, Jacques de Larosière, Michel Camdessus, Horst Köhler, Rodrigo de Rato, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Christine Lagarde and Kristalina Georgieva.
All twelve have been European, and five were French: Schweitzer, de Larosière, Camdessus, Strauss-Kahn and Lagarde.
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director since 1 October 2019 and the first from an emerging market economy. She began a second five-year term on 1 October 2024.
Each name checked against at least two sources, one of them IMF, on 1 October 2026. Next review by 1 October 2027.
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