Jean-Claude Trichet

Jean-Claude Trichet (born December 20, 1942) is a French banker.

He was born in Lyon, trained as an engineer at the École nationale supérieure des Mines de Nancy and later as a civil servant at the Ecole nationale d'administration.

In 1993 he was appointed governor of Banque de France.

On November 1, 2003 he took Wim Duisenberg's place as president of the European Central Bank.