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Lagarde, Carstens shortlisted for top IMF post

Last updated on: June 14, 2011 12:23 IST


Photographs: Reuters Lalit K Jha in Washington

France's Christine Lagarde and Mexico's Agustin Carstens have been shortlisted to lead the International Monetary Fund.

The new managing director would be announced by June 30, the IMF said in a statement.

"The Executive Board will meet with the candidates in Washington and, thereafter, meet to discuss the strengths of the candidates and make a selection," the official IMF statement said.

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Lagarde, Carstens shortlisted for top IMF post

Image: Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment of France
Photographs: Reuters

The two were the only ones named when the IMF released the list after nominations closed Friday.

The IMF did not explain why Israel's Stanley Fischer, who only declared himself at the last minute, was not on the list. Two other possibles, a South African minister and Kazakhstan's central bank head, dropped out Friday.

While Lagarde, a French national, is Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment of France; Carstens is Governor of the Bank of Mexico.

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Lagarde, Carstens shortlisted for top IMF post

Image: Agustin Carstens is Governor of the Bank of Mexico
Photographs: Blair Gable/Reuters

Carstens, 53, has also spent three years as IMF second deputy managing director from 2003-2006.

Both have crisscrossed the globe seeking endorsements from the major economies, but only Lagarde, 55, has picked up major support, foremost from the powerful European bloc.

The IMF's top post fell vacant unexpectedly after Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned on May 18 to fight sexual assault charges in New York.

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