File Photo - Exclusive. French Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment Christine Lagarde poses in her office at the ministry in Paris, France on October 1st, 2009. The European Council announced Tuesday that Lagarde, the current head of the International Monetary Fund, had been chosen to succeed Mario Draghi as president of the European Central Bank,, whose eight-year term ends in October. Photo by Elodie Gregoire/ABACAPRESS.COM