## IMF Managing Directors

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**Canonical URL:** [IMF Managing Directors](https://www.imf.org/en/about/senior-officials/managing-directors)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: October 4, 2024

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

### Historical succession of Managing Directors
- 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

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## References

- [IMF History](https://www.imf.org/en/about)
- [Archives of the International Monetary Fund](https://www.imf.org/en/about/archives)
- [IMF at a Glance A Factsheet](https://www.imf.org/en/about/factsheets)
- [Senior Officials](https://www.imf.org/en/about/senior-officials)
- [Kristalina Georgieva](https://www.imf.org/en/About/senior-officials/Bios/kristalina-georgieva)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/about/senior-officials/managing-directors_