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Christine Lagarde to Step Down as President of European Central Bank

Her plan to depart in February, months before the end of an eight-year term, sets in motion a selection process among European leaders for a new central bank president.

© Heiko Becker/Reuters

Christine Lagarde’s appointment as the European Central Bank’s first woman president was the latest step in a career of breaking gender barriers, while also contending with economic crises.
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