A French lawyer and socialist politician of Ukrainian-Tunisian origin, he spent his childhood in Morocco. In addition to teaching at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, he headed the French National Assembly's Finance Committee from 1988 to 1991. In the administrations of...Read more Pierre Bérégovoy and Édith Cresson, he was the Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade. From 1995 to 1997, he served as mayor of Sarcelles, which is located in the Île-de-France region. Later on, he was appointed Minister of Industry, Finance, and Economy in Lionel Jospin's administration. Following the left's defeat in the presidential election and his own defeat in the 2006 Socialist primary, where he was defeated by his opponent Ségolène Royal by a significant margin, he left the French political scene. From November 1, 2007, until his resignation on May 18, 2011, he was the chairman of the International Monetary Fund. He left the Fund after being accused of sexual assault in New York.
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A French lawyer and socialist politician of Ukrainian-Tunisian origin, he spent his childhood in Morocco. In addition to teaching at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, he...Read more headed the French National Assembly's Finance Committee from 1988 to 1991. In the administrations of Pierre Bérégovoy and Édith Cresson, he was the Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade. From 1995 to 1997, he served as mayor of Sarcelles, which is located in the Île-de-France region. Later on, he was appointed Minister of Industry, Finance, and Economy in Lionel Jospin's administration. Following the left's defeat in the presidential election and his own defeat in the 2006 Socialist primary, where he was defeated by his opponent Ségolène Royal by a significant margin, he left the French political scene. From November 1, 2007, until his resignation on May 18, 2011, he was the chairman of the International Monetary Fund. He left the Fund after being accused of sexual assault in New York.