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Concept Item describing Jean-Claude Trichet
Jean-Claude Trichet
Jean-Claude Trichet (born 20 December 1942) is a French civil servant who is
the current president of the European Central Bank since 2003.
Trichet was born in Lyon, France and educated at the École des Mines de Nancy.
He later trained at the Institut d'etudes politiques de Paris and the Ecole
nationale d'administration, two higher education institutions with a
tradition of providing France’s political and state administrative
elite.
In 1993 Trichet was appointed governor of Banque de France and on November 1,
2003 he took Wim Duisenberg's place as president of the European Central
Bank.
Not Jean Trichet, the international powerboat racer
TRICHET, Jean-Claude
1942-12-14
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