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Timothy Franz Geithner ( / ˈɡaɪtnər /; born August 18, 1961) is an American former central banker who served as the 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. He was the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2003 to 2009, following service in the Clinton administration.
Timothy F. Geithner served as the 75th Secretary of the Treasury from January 26, 2009 to January 25, 2013. He took office in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and helped design and lead the successful strategy to avert global economic collapse and repair the damage to the U.S. economy and the financial system.
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Timothy Geithner American public official who served as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2003–09) and as secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (2009-13) in the administration of Pres. Barack Obama.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 8, 2014 · An article on May 11 about former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner paraphrased incorrectly from a statement by Neil Barofsky, the former special inspector general of the Troubled Asset...
- Andrew Ross Sorkin
In 1988, Mr. Geithner joined the Department of the Treasury where he worked in three administrations for five secretaries of the Treasury in a variety of positions. From 2001 until 2003 he worked for the International Monetary Fund as director of the Policy Development and Review Department.
While there, he acted as a key architect of bailout plans of the Brazilian, Indonesian, Mexican, and South Korean economies. Prior to his selection as President-Elect Barack Obama's secretary of the Treasury, Geithner served as president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Jan 28, 2009 · Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner brings experience in global financial crisis management for the Fed, expertise on Asia, and perspective from work with the International Monetary Fund....
