The facts

  1. The ECB said Lagarde had informed its Governing Council and European Council President António Costa of her departure date. [1]

  2. Reuters reported that the departure is about nine months before the scheduled end of her term. [2]

  3. The European Council will appoint her successor under the procedure in Article 283 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the ECB said. [1]

Still unconfirmed

  • The checked announcement does not name a successor or establish Lagarde’s next position.

Sources

References support the numbered facts above. Source checks: 29 Oct 2026, 11:28 UTC.

  1. Christine Lagarde informs Governing Council of her departure

    European Central Bank · Primary source · 29 Oct 2026

    Official ECB announcement; the body is in English even though the URL has a French-language suffix.

  2. ECB president Lagarde resigns, effective Feb. 7

    Reuters / Internazionale · Reporting · 29 Oct 2026

    Reuters report by Francesco Canepa and Balazs Koranyi, read in the host’s publicly available article. Reuters is independent of the ECB; the core announcement comes from the same ECB statement.

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