Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
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Pierre-Paul Schweitzer | |
|---|---|
| 4th Managing Director of the IMF | |
| In office 1 September 1963 – 31 August 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Per Jacobsson |
| Succeeded by | Johan Witteveen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 May 1912 Straßburg, Elsaß-Lothringen, German Empire |
| Died | 2 January 1994 (aged 81) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Nationality |  France |
| Children | Louis Schweitzer |
| Alma mater | University of Paris, Sciences Po |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer (29 May 1912 – 2 January 1994) was a French lawyer. He was the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s fourth managing director and chairman of the executive board, serving from 1963 to 1973.[1]
Schweitzer was commissioned as a lieutenant in the French Army after the outbreak of World War II. When France fell in 1940, he joined the French Resistance.
Schweitzer died on 2 January 1994 in Geneva, Switzerland at the age of 81.[2]
References
- ↑ IMF Managing Directors. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ↑ RIDING, ALAN (4 January 1994). Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, Ex-Head Of I.M.F. and French Official, 81. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/04/obituaries/pierre-paul-schweitzer-ex-head-of-imf-and-french-official-81.html. Retrieved 22 August 2011.