Jean-Claude Trichet

Jean-Claude Trichet
Trichet in 2011
President of the European Central Bank
In office
1 November 2003 – 31 October 2011
Vice PresidentLucas Papademos
Vítor Constâncio
Preceded byWim Duisenberg
Succeeded byMario Draghi
Governor of the Bank of France
In office
19 September 1993 – 1 November 2003
Preceded byJacques de Larosière
Succeeded byChristian Noyer
Personal details
Born
Jean-Claude Trichet

(1942-12-20) 20 December 1942 (age 81)
Lyon, France
Spouse
Aline Rybalka
(m. 1970)
Children2
EducationÉcole nationale supérieure des mines de Nancy
University of Paris
Sciences Po
École nationale d'administration
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Jean-Claude Trichet (French: [ʒɑ̃ klod tʁiʃɛ]; born 20 December 1942) is a French economist who was President of the European Central Bank from 2004 to 2011. Previous to his assumption of the presidency he was Governor of the Bank of France from 1993 to 2004.

After stepping down from the European Central Bank, Trichet has taken speaking arrangements across France and was on the board of directors of the Bank for International Settlements. He was asked to join the non-doctrinal think tank, Bruegel, to consult on economic policy. In 2008, Trichet ranked fifth on Newsweek's list of the world's most powerful along with economic triumvirs Ben Bernanke (fourth) and Masaaki Shirakawa (sixth).[1]

  1. ^ "Economic Triumvirate: 4. Ben Bernanke 5. Jean-Claude Trichet 6. Masaaki Shirakawa". Newsweek. 20 December 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2011.