Update: 29/06/2011 - finance - French politics - Nicolas Sarkozy
Baroin touted to replace Lagarde as finance chief
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to announce current budget minister, François Baroin (pictured), as the new finance minister Wednesday, after Christine Lagarde was appointed IMF chief.
Catherine Nicholson in Paris (video)
News Wires (text)
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http://www.france24.com/en/20110629-francois-baroin-lagarde-french-finance-minister-sarkozy-paris-government