IMF/Managing Director
IMF/Deputy Managing Director
| IMF/Managing Director | |
|---|---|
| Start | 6 May 1946 |
| Deputy | IMF/Deputy Managing Director |
| Website | https://www.imf.org/en/About/senior-officials/managing-directors |
| Head of the IMF. At least 2 IMF heads have been criminally convicted. | |
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund is in nominal charge of the IMF.
Control
Richard McCormack, US chairman of Le Cercle was a "special advisor" to IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato Figaredo.
Criminality
Multiple IMF Managing Directors have been criminally charged. Rodrigo de Rato Figaredo was convicted of embezzlement; Christine Lagarde was convicted of negligence (although the judge did not impose a penalty).[1]
Deep events
In February 2011, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the IMF, called for an end to the petrodollar system, mooting a new world currency to challenge the dominance of the US dollar. He was forced out of his role at the IMF amidst accusations of sexual assault a few months later.[2]