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Timothy Franz Geithner (/ ˈ ɡ aɪ t n ər /; 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.
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.
Timothy Geithner (born August 18, 1961, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) 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.
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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 · Timothy F. Geithner, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is President Barack Obama’s U.S. treasury secretary. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 26,...
Jan 11, 2013 · Jan. 10, 2013. WASHINGTON — In a matter of days, the nation’s Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, will leave the department he first joined more than two decades ago and re-enter...
