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Jean-Claude Trichet is President of the European Central Bank back to previous page |
| 1942 | Born in Lyon, France |
| 1964 | Mining Engineering degree, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy |
| 1966 | Economics degree, Université de Paris; Graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (Science Po), Paris |
| 1969 - 1971 | Ecole Nationale d´Administration |
| 1971 - 1975 | Deputy Finance Inspector; General Inspectorate of Finance; Treasury Department |
| 1976 | Secretary General of the Interministerial Committee for Improving Industrial Structures (CIASI) |
| 1978 | Adviser to the Minister for Economic Affairs; Presidential Adviser on Industry, Energy and Research |
| 1981 - 1985 | Head of the Development Aid Office; Deputy Director of Bilateral Affairs; Head of International Affairs, Treasury Department |
| 1985 - 1993 | Chairman of the Paris Club |
| 1986 | Director, Cabinet of the Minister for Economic Affairs, Finance and Privatisation |
| 1987 | Director of the Treasury Department; Alternate Governor of the World Bank; Censor of the Banque de France |
| 1987 - 1993 & 1995 - 2003 |
Alternate Governor of the International Monetary Fund |
| 1992 - 1993 | Chairman of the European Monetary Committee |
| 1993 | Governor of the Banque de France (second term in 1999); Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements |
| 1993 - 1995 | Governor of the World Bank |
| 1994 | Chairman of the Monetary Policy Council of the Banque de France; Member of the Council of the European Monetary Institute |
| 1998 | Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank |
| Present Position | |
| 2003 – | Chairman of the Group of Ten Governors; President of the European Central Bank |
