Jean-Claude Trichet
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| Assumed office 1 November 2003 |
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| Vice President(s) | Lucas Papademos |
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| Preceded by | Wim Duisenberg |
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| Born | December 20, 1942 (age 64) |
Jean-Claude Trichet (born December 20, 1942) is a French banker.
He was born in Lyon, trained as an engineer at the École nationale supérieure des Mines de Nancy and later as a civil servant at the Institut d'etudes politiques de Paris (best known as Sciences Po) and the Ecole nationale d'administration.
In 1993 he was appointed governor of Banque de France.
On November 1, 2003 he took Wim Duisenberg's place as president of the European Central Bank. Wim Duisenberg had in a compromise agreed to step down from his office after four years[1](although this is publicly denied by all parties), in order to satisfy the French president, Jacques Chirac, who wanted a French candidate.
| Preceded by Wim Duisenberg |
President of the European Central Bank 2003– |
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Governor of Banque de France 1993–2003 |
Succeeded by Christian Noyer |
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