He was a Deputy Managing Director at the IMF before joining the Mexican government in 2006, and has governed the country's central bank since the start of last year.The IMF has promised a merit-based cheap feather hair extensionsprocess to replace its former Managing Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who's under house arrest in New York on sexual assault charges.Leaders of the Group of 8 industrialized nations -- which includes France, Germany, Britain, and the United States -- are expected to discuss a replacement for Strauss-Kahn at a summit this week in France.But it's not yet clear if they will make any formal announcement ahead of the IMF's decision at the end of June.She's considered the front-runner to become the next head of the International Monetary Fund.But French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde remained tight-lipped about her prospects, as she arrived at a conference on globalization in Paris.Lagarde's candidacy is gaining momentum in Europe, and she's drawn support from her native France, Germany, and the UK, who say she has experience managing the Eurozone debt crisis, which is the IMF's current focus.Europeans have held the top job at the IMF since it was created in 1945, and if Lagarde also wins backing from the U.S., it could tip the votes in her favor at the IMF board.The Secretary-General of the OECD says it's the selection process which is important.OECD Secretary-general Miguel Angel Gurria said, "If it's open, and if it's swift, and if it's transparent, and it's on merit, then we'll have a good candidate, and we'll have a good director of the IMF."But Lagarde faces competition from emerging markets.Mexico's says it's nominating its Central Bank chief, Agustin Carstens.French Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde, is remaining feather hair extensionssilent on her possible candidacy for the top job at the IMF. But she has emerged as a front-runner to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who resigned due to accusations of trying to rape a hotel maid in New York.The Fund's Executive Board will make its choice by the end of June.
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