Dominique Gaston Andr� Strauss-Kahn, often referred to in the media, and by himself, as DSK, is a French economist, lawyer, politician, and member of the French Socialist Party. Strauss-Kahn became the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund on 28 September 2007, with the backing of his country's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and served in that role until his resignation on 18 May 2011 following allegations that he had sexually assaulted a hotel employee. Other allegations followed. He was a professor of economics at Sciences Po and was Minister of Economy and Finance from 1997 to 1999 as part of Lionel Jospin's "Plural Left" government. He sought the nomination in the Socialist Party presidential primary of 2006, but he was defeated by S�gol�ne Royal in the November vote. In 2010, The Jerusalem Post listed Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the 6th most influential Jewish person in the world. [More at Wikipedia]

April 25th, 1949 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Age 75)