Pierre-Paul Schweitzer

Pierre-Paul Schweitzer   (central banker)
Born	29 May 1912 Straßburg, Elsaß-Lothringen, German Empire
Died	2 January 1994 (Age 81) Geneva, Switzerland
Nationality	France
Alma mater	University of Strasbourg, University of Paris, Sciences Po
Children	Louis Schweitzer
Relatives	Albert Schweitzer
Managing Director of the IMF for 10 years, multi Bilderberger as was his son  Managing Director of the IMF In office 1 September 1963 - 31 August 1973 Preceded by Per Jacobsson Succeeded by Johan Witteveen  Directeur du Trésor In office 1953 - 1960 Employer French Ministry of the Economy and Finance

Pierre-Paul Schweitzer was a French civil servant who was managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1963 to 1973. He attended the 1964 and 1965 Bilderberg meetings.

Early life and education

He was born on 29 May 1912, in Straßburg, [[Elsaß-Lothringen], German Empire. He is the father of Louis Schweitzer, CEO of Renault and also Bilderberger. He was the nephew of Albert Schweitzer.

Schweitzer was educated at the University of Strasbourg, the University of Paris, and the Paris School of Political Science (Sciences Po) and received degrees in law, economics, and political science.

World War 2

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 and was later captured and held at the Buchenwald concentration camp, on the outskirts of Weimar, Germany, until it was liberated in 1945.

Career

In his early career, Schweitzer joined the French Government as an assistant Inspecteur des Finances (1936), before becoming an Inspecteur des Finances (1939). Then he was: deputy director for the department of external finance of the French Treasury (1946); alternate executive director for France at the IMF (1947); secretary of the French Interministerial Committee in Charge of Questions on European Economic Cooperation (1948); financial attaché at the French embassy in [[Washington] (1949–1953); director of the French Treasury (1953–1960).

In 1960, he was appointed deputy governor of the Bank of France. He also was director of the European Investment Bank, a director of Air France, and as a government commissioner on the boards of the French Petroleum Company and the French Refinery Company.

On 21 June 1963 Schweitzer was appointed managing director and chairman of the executive board of the IMF, and he assumed his duties on 1 September 1963. Schweitzer was appointed to a second five-year term as managing director and chairman of the board of the IMF on 15 May 1968.

Schweitzer's term as the IMF's managing director was a critical period, not only due to the collapse of the Par Value System, but also for the creation of the special drawing rights (SDR), as an international reserve asset (1968); the establishment of the two-tier gold market, and the work of the Committee of Twenty of the International Monetary System on reforming the international financial system. Also, during his tenure as managing director of the IMF, its membership grew from 91 to 125 countries.

Schweitzer died on 2 January 1994 in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1964	20 March 1964	22 March 1964	US Virginia Williamsburg	A year after this meeting, the post of GATT/Director-General was set up, and given Eric Wyndham White, who attended the '64 meeting. Several subsequent holders have been Bilderberg insiders, only 2 are not known to have attended the group.
Bilderberg/1965	2 April 1965	4 April 1965	Italy Villa d'Este	The 14th Bilderberg meeting, held in Italy

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