Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Politician
1949 –
Who is Dominique Strauss-Kahn?
Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn, often referred to in the media, and by himself, as DSK, is a French economist, lawyer, politician, and member of the French Socialist Party. Strauss-Kahn became the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund on 28 September 2007, with the backing of his country's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and served in that role until his resignation on 18 May 2011 following allegations that he had sexually assaulted a hotel employee. Other allegations followed.
He was a professor of economics at Sciences Po and was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1997 to 1999 as part of Lionel Jospin's "Plural Left" government. He sought the nomination in the primaries to the Socialist presidential candidacy for the 2007 election, but he was defeated by Ségolène Royal in November 2006.
In 2010, the Jerusalem Post considered Dominique Strauss-Kahn the 6th most influential Jewish person in the world.
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- Born
- Apr 25, 1949
Neuilly-sur-Seine - Also known as
- Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn
- DSK
- Parents
- Spouses
- Helene Dumas
(1967 - 1984) - Brigitte Guillemette
(1984 - 1989) - Anne Sinclair
(1991/11/26 - 2013/03) - Myriam L'Aouffir
(2012 - )
- Helene Dumas
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- Lycee Albert Premier
- Lycée Carnot
- HEC School of Management
( - 1971) - Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
- Paris Institute of Statistics
( - 1972) - Bachelor's degree, Paris West University Nanterre La Défense
Public law
( - 1977)
- Employment
- Professor of Economics, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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