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French economist and politician (born 1949)

Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn (French:[dɔminikstʁoskan]; born 25 April 1949), also known as DSK,^[1] is a French economist and politician who served as the tenth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and was a member of the French Socialist Party.

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He attained notoriety due to his involvement in several sex scandals.^[2]

He was a professor of economics at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense and Sciences Po, and was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1997 to 1999, as part of Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government.

He sought the nomination in the Socialist Party presidential primary of 2006, but was defeated by Ségolène Royal.

Strauss-Kahn was appointed managing director of the IMF on 28 September 2007, with the backing of then–President of FranceNicolas Sarkozy.

He served in that capacity until his resignation on 18 May 2011, in the wake of an all