IMF Managing Directors

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Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, from Bulgaria, is Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board from October 1, 2019

Madame Christine Lagarde, from France, was Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board from July 5, 2011 to September 12, 2019
Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, from France, was Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board from November 1, 2007 to May 18, 2011
Mr. Rodrigo de Rato, from Spain, was Managing Director from June 7, 2004 to October 31, 2007
Mr. Horst Köhler, from Germany, was Managing Director from May 1, 2000 to March 4, 2004
Michel Camdessus, from France, was Managing Director from January 16, 1987 to February 14, 2000
Jacques de Larosière, from France, was Managing Director from June 17, 1978 to January 15, 1987
H. Johannes Witteveen, from the Netherlands, was Managing Director from September 1, 1973 to June 16, 1978
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, from France, was Managing Director from September 1, 1963 to August 31, 1973
Per Jacobsson, from Sweden, was Managing Director from November 21, 1956 to May 5, 1963
Ivar Rooth, from Sweden, was Managing Director from August 3, 1951 to October 3, 1956
Camille Gutt, from Belgium, served as the IMF's first Managing Director from May 6, 1946 to May 5, 1951