Dominique Strauss Kahn
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| Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund | |
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In office 1 November 2007 – 18 May 2011 |
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| Deputy | John Lipsky |
| Preceded by | Rodrigo Rato |
| Succeeded by | Christine Lagarde |
| Minister of Finance of France | |
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In office 4 June 1997 – 2 November 1999 |
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| President | Jacques Chirac |
| Prime Minister | Lionel Jospin |
| Preceded by | Jean Arthuis |
| Succeeded by | Christian Sautter |
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Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn 25 April 1949 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Socialist Party (1970s–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Brigitte Guillemette (m. 1984–1989; divorced) Anne Sinclair (m. 1991–2013; divorced) |
| Domestic partner | Myriam L'Aouffir (2012-present) |
| Alma mater |
HEC Paris Sciences Po Paris Institute of Statistics Paris West University Nanterre La Défense |
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Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn (French pronunciation: [dɔminik stʁos kan]; born 25 April 1949) is a French politician, former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and a controversial figure in the French Socialist Party due to his involvement in several financial and sexual scandals. He is often referred to in the media, and by himself, as DSK. Strauss-Kahn was appointed managing director of the IMF on 28 September 2007, with the backing of his country's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and served in that capacity until his resignation on 18 May 2011 in the wake of allegations that he had sexually assaulted a maid. Other allegations followed.
He was a professor of economics at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense and 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 Socialist Party presidential primary of 2006, but was defeated by Ségolène Royal in November.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was born on 25 April 1949 in the wealthy Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is the son of lawyer Gilbert Strauss-Kahn. Strauss-Kahn's father was born to an Alsatian Jewish father and a Catholic mother from Lorraine; Strauss-Kahn's mother is from a Sephardic Jewish family in Tunisia.
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