What is Ivar Rooth?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Ivar Rooth |image = |caption = |office = [[International Monetary Fund|2nd Managing Director of the IMF]] |term_start = 3 August 1951 |term_end = 3 October 1956 |predecessor = [[Camille Gutt]] |successor = [[Per Jacobsson]] |office2 = Governor of the [[Swedish National Bank]] |term_start2 = 1929 |term_end2 = 1948 |predecessor2 = [[Victor Moll]] |successor2 = [[Klas Böök]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1888|11|02|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1972|02|27|1888|11|02|df=y}} |death_place = [[Lidingö]], Sweden |birthname = |nationality = Swedish |alma_mater = [[Uppsala University]] |profession = Lawyer, economist |religion = |signature = }} '''Ivar Rooth''' (2 November 1888 &ndash; 27 February 1972) was a Swedish lawyer and economist. He served as Governor of the [[Swedish National Bank]] from 1929 to 1948 and as the second Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board of the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) from 1951 to 1956. He was also a member of the board of directors of the [[Bank of International Settlements]]. Rooth died in Sweden on 27 February 1972 at the age of 83.<ref>{{Citation |title=Ivar Rooth Dies; Swedish Banker; Led World Monetary Fund From 1951 to 1956 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=February 29, 1972 |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F1081FFB3C59107A93CBAB1789D85F468785F9 }}.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rooth, Ivar}} [[Category:1888 births]] [[Category:1972 deaths]] [[Category:Swedish economists]] [[Category:Swedish lawyers]] [[Category:Managing Directors of the International Monetary Fund]] {{IMFMD}} {{bio-stub}}