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Strauss-Kahn was born in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine to Jewish parents in 1949. His period as head at the IMF has not just been about steering the global economy out of a slump. It has also been about strengthening his CV as the most able French Socialist capable of challenging [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] for the French presidency in 2012... Strauss-Kahn, who was French finance minister from 1997 to 1999, made a splash when he arrived at the Davos World Economic Forum in January 2008 and stunned financial leaders by suggesting that what the world needed, to prevent it falling into deep recession, was a large fiscal stimulus. His diagnosis, some eight months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and more than a year ahead of Gordon Brown, was ahead of the game and a sharp divergence from IMF orthodoxy. Strauss-Kahn changed the IMF old solution for everything;  he changed the so called ''fiscal consolidation'' a polite name for cutting budgets and raising taxes; together with [[John Lipsky]], from a Jewish family in Iowa, he designed a new flexible loan facility. [http://www.thejc.com/business/alex-brummer-business/21159/if-anyone-can-save-us-strauss-kahn]

Strauss-Kahn was born in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine to Jewish parents in 1949. His period as head at the IMF has not just been about steering the global economy out of a slump. It has also been about strengthening his CV as the most able French Socialist capable of challenging [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] for the French presidency in 2012... Strauss-Kahn, who was French finance minister from 1997 to 1999, made a splash when he arrived at the Davos World Economic Forum in January 2008 and stunned financial leaders by suggesting that what the world needed, to prevent it falling into deep recession, was a large fiscal stimulus. His diagnosis, some eight months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and more than a year ahead of Gordon Brown, was ahead of the game and a sharp divergence from IMF orthodoxy. Strauss-Kahn changed the IMF old solution for everything;  he changed the so called ''fiscal consolidation'' a polite name for cutting budgets and raising taxes; together with John Lipsky, from a Jewish family in Iowa, he designed a new flexible loan facility. [http://www.thejc.com/business/alex-brummer-business/21159/if-anyone-can-save-us-strauss-kahn]

John Lipsky has been announced on 15 May 2011 to temporarily replace Strauss-Kahn as the IMF's CEO.

John Lipsky has been announced on 15 May 2011 to temporarily replace Strauss-Kahn as the IMF's CEO.

On June 30, 2011 according to The New York Times doubts raised over veracity of accuser; officials said: The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on the verge of collapse as investigators have uncovered major holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who charged that Strauss-Kahn attacked her in his Manhattan hotel suite in May. On August 2011, Manhattan judge Michael Obus dismissed all charges following a recommendation for dismissal filed by the District Attorney's office, which asserted that the complainant's untruthfulness made it impossible to credit her. [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/nyregion/new-yorkers-and-french-await-latest-dominique-strauss-kahn-legal-turn.html] On June 2015, French court clears him of "aggravated pimping" in multi-defendant trial over sex parties. [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/12/dominique-strauss-kahn-acquitted-in-pimping-trial]

On June 30, 2011 according to The New York Times doubts raised over veracity of accuser; officials said: The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on the verge of collapse as investigators have uncovered major holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who charged that Strauss-Kahn attacked her in his Manhattan hotel suite in May. On August 2011, Manhattan judge Michael Obus dismissed all charges following a recommendation for dismissal filed by the District Attorney's office, which asserted that the complainant's untruthfulness made it impossible to credit her. [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/08/all-charges-dropped-in-strauss-kahn-case.html] [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/nyregion/new-yorkers-and-french-await-latest-dominique-strauss-kahn-legal-turn.html] On June 2015, French court clears him of "aggravated pimping" in multi-defendant trial over sex parties. [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/12/dominique-strauss-kahn-acquitted-in-pimping-trial]

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