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Jean-Claude Trichet
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| Jean-Claude Trichet | |
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| Assumed office 1 November 2003 |
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| Vice President(s) | Lucas Papademos |
| Preceded by | Wim Duisenberg |
| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Born | December 20, 1942 Lyon, France |
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Jean-Claude Trichet (born December 20, 1942) is a banker who was born in Lyon, France and trained as an engineer and manager at a French Graduate School, the École des Mines de Nancy. He later trained as a civil servant at the Institut d'etudes politiques de Paris (best known as Sciences Po) and the Ecole nationale d'administration, two French universities in the field of political science.
In 1993 he was appointed governor of Banque de France. On November 1, 2003 he took Wim Duisenberg's place as president of the European Central Bank. Wim Duisenberg had in a compromise agreed to step down from his office after four years[1](although this is publicly denied by all parties), in order to satisfy the French president, Jacques Chirac, who wanted a French candidate.
In January 2003 M. Trichet was put on trial with 8 others charged with irregularities at Credit Lyonnais, one of France's biggest banks. M. Trichet was in charge of the French treasury at that time. He was cleared in June 2003 which left the way clear for him to move to the ECB.[1]
- ^ Top Euro banker cleared of scandal cover-up. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
| Preceded by Wim Duisenberg |
President of the European Central Bank 2003– |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by Jacques de Larosière |
Governor of Banque de France 1993–2003 |
Succeeded by Christian Noyer |
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