Dominique Strauss-Kahn – dyrektor zarządzający Międzynarodowego Funduszu Walutowego w SGH

IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be visiting the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) on March 29th. A public event and discussion with Mr. Strauss-Kahn will take place at the Main Auditorium (main building, al. Niepodległości 162) and will begin at 10.00 am. Speech title: 'After the Global Financial Crisis: the Road Ahead for Central and Eastern Europe'. Online registration for the event is required.

The citizens of Central and Eastern Europe can be proud of the transformation that they have achieved since the fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago. The economic, political and social transition helped unify most of the historically divided Europe, promoted democracy, and helped secure peace and stability in the region. Many countries in Central and Eastern Europe have benefitted from closer integration with the European Union. In the past two years, however, these countries have been among the countries hardest hit by the global financial crisis. In his speech, Dominique Strauss-Kahn will talk about the shared goals of the IMF and of the European project in closer economic integration, and address the following questions: How far have countries in Central and Eastern Europe come over the last two decades? What is the scale of disruption brought about by the global financial crisis and how has the crisis affected economic progress and the European convergence? What needs to be done to complete the process of transformation?

Dominique Strauss-Kahn – biographical information (after IMF website)

Dominique Strauss-Kahn assumed office as the tenth Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund on November 1, 2007. Upon being selected by the IMF's Board of Executive Directors, Mr. Strauss-Kahn indicated that he will press ahead with reform of the 186-member country institution that helps oversee the global economy.

Prior to taking up his position at the IMF, Mr. Strauss-Kahn was a member of the French National Assembly and Professor of Economics at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. From 2001 to 2007, he was reelected three times to the National Assembly, and in 2006, he ran for the Socialist Party's nomination for the French presidential election. In 2000 and 2001, he taught economics at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and was named visiting professor at Stanford University. He was also a personal advisor to the Secretary General of the OECD.

Earlier, Mr. Strauss-Kahn served as Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry of France from June 1997 to November 1999. In this capacity, he managed the launch of the Euro. He also represented France on the Board of Governors of a number of international financial institutions, including the IMF.

Between 1993 and 1997, he was in the private sector as a corporate lawyer. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Strauss-Kahn served as Minister of Industry and International Trade, during which time he participated in the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn began his career as assistant professor, then professor of economics at the University of Paris where he was tenured in 1978. He was then appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Economic Planning Agency (1981-1986). He was elected Deputy (Member of Parliament) to the National Assembly (1986), where he chaired the Finance Commission from 1988 to 1991.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn holds a PhD in economics from the University of Paris. He also graduated in law, in business administration, in political studies, and in statistics. As an academic, his research fields include household saving behavior, public finance, and social policy.

A French national, Mr. Strauss-Kahn was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, on April 25, 1949 and spent his early years in Morocco.

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Online REGISTRATION for the event is compulsory for all participants. Thank you.

Rejestracja zakończy się w środę 24 marca o godz. 14. Zgłaszanie udziału po zamknięciu rejestracji nie będzie możliwe ze względów organizacyjnych i bezpieczeństwa. Pytania prosimy kierować do Biura Informacji i Promocji SGH pod adresem imf-event@sgh.waw.pl. Dziękujemy.

The registration will be closed on Wednesday March 24th at 2 p.m. CET. For technical and security reasons, applying after this deadline will no longer be possible. Any questions should be sent to our PR Office at imf-event@sgh.waw.pl. Thank you.

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