<Table> <Tr> <Th> Nr </Th> <Th> Dates </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Th> Background </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 May 1946--5 May 1951 </Td> <Td> Camille Gutt </Td> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> Politician, Minister of Finance </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 August 1951--3 October 1956 </Td> <Td> Ivar Rooth </Td> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> Law, Central Banker </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 21 November 1956--5 May 1963 </Td> <Td> Per Jacobsson </Td> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> Law, Economics, League of Nations, BIS </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1 September 1963--31 August 1973 </Td> <Td> Pierre - Paul Schweitzer </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Law, Central Banker, Civil Servant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 1 September 1973--18 June 1978 </Td> <Td> Johan Witteveen </Td> <Td> Netherlands </Td> <Td> Economics, academic, author, politician, Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister, CPB </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 18 June 1978--15 January 1987 </Td> <Td> Jacques de Larosière </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Civil Servant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 16 January 1987--14 February 2000 </Td> <Td> Michel Camdessus </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Economics, Central Banker </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 1 May 2000--4 March 2004 </Td> <Td> Horst Köhler </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> Economics, EBRD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 7 June 2004--31 October 2007 </Td> <Td> Rodrigo Rato </Td> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> Law, MBA, politician, Minister of the Economy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 1 November 2007--18 May 2011 </Td> <Td> Dominique Strauss - Kahn </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Economics, Law, politician, Minister of the Economy and Finance </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 5 July 2011--present </Td> <Td> Christine Lagarde </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Law, politician, Minister of Finance </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Nr </Th> <Th> Dates </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Th> Background </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 May 1946--5 May 1951 </Td> <Td> Camille Gutt </Td> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> Politician, Minister of Finance </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 August 1951--3 October 1956 </Td> <Td> Ivar Rooth </Td> <Td> Sweden </Td> <Td> Law, Central Banker </Td> </Tr>

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