Camdessus, Michael

Michel Camdessus (born 1 May 1933) is a French applied economist and administrator who was Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 16 January 1987 to 14 February 2000. To date, he is the longest serving Managing Director of the IMF. Previously, he was Deputy Governor and Governor of the Bank of France from November 1984 until his move to Washington, D.C. He is currently president of the social initiative Semaines sociales de France (fr) (French social weeks) and is a member of the Commission for Africa established by Tony Blair. He is also a member of the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace. Camdessus is also a member of the Fondation Chirac's board of directors,ever since the foundation was launched in 2008 by former French president Jacques Chirac to promote world peace. Camdessus was educated at the University of Paris and earned postgraduate degrees in economics at Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in Paris and École nationale d'administration.