Editing Ivar Rooth (section)

{{Short description|Swedish lawyer and economist}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name               = Ivar Rooth
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|office             = Managing Director of the <br>[[International Monetary Fund]]
|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
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|nationality        = Swedish
|alma_mater         = [[Uppsala University]]
|profession         = {{hlist|Lawyer|economist}}
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|signature          = 
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'''Ivar Rooth''' (2 November 1888 &ndash; 27 February 1972) was a Swedish lawyer and economist who served as the governor of the [[Swedish National Bank]] from 1929 to 1948 and the second managing director 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]].