Torch-bearer
By Patricia Brett - 30.08.2007 / 00:00 CET
Placing a woman, Christine Lagarde, at the head of the economy, finance and employment ministry is a first for France. While Lagarde is relatively new to politics her veneration for free-market economics ensures that she will have no qualms defending President Nicolas Sarkozy's version of “complex-free capitalism”.
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Fact file
The CV
1956: Born Paris, France
1974-75: Attends Holton Arms School; intern for US congressman
1976-80: Returns to France; obtains degrees in anti-trust and labour law; Masters in English
1980: Recruited by Chicago-based law firm Baker & McKenzie
1987: Full partner
1991: Managing partner
1995: Baker & McKenzie's executive committee
1999: First woman to chair executive committee
2005: French junior minister for trade
May '07: Agriculture minister
June '07: Finance minister
The Dutch foreign minister enjoys the rough-and-tumble of his trade.
A rather unconvincing claim of innocence.
A man people hire if they need someone who can get results under taxing conditions.
Markos Kyprianou is missing Brussels.
