Things to know about former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Prominent Socialist Party politician in France and former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Strauss-Kahn has been acquitted of aggravated pimping charges by a French court.

Below are the facts need to know about him:

• Strauss-Kahn was born on 25 April 1949 in Paris.
• Strauss-Kahn has been a prominent Socialist Party politician in France.

• He graduated from the prestigious business school HEC Paris in 1971, and the elite Sciences-Po in 1972.
• From 1977 to 1981, Strauss-Kahn served at the University of Nancy-II and University of Nanterre.
• He joined Socialist Party in 1981; he was first elected to French parliament in 1986.

• He is known for his business and political acumen, and being a ladies' man.
• In 2008, he was investigated for an affair with an IMF employee.
• In 2011, he was arrested for sexually assaulting a hotel maid in New York City. The charges were eventually dismissed.
• On the heels of electoral defeat in 19193 Strauss-Kahn left politics in favor of a lucrative career in the private sector, working as a corporate lawyer.
• He was back to politics in 1997. Later served as Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry under prime minister Lionel Jospin.
• Strauss-Kahn played a key role in the launch of the Euro, and represented France to the IMF.
• From 2001 to 2007, Strauss-Kahn was reelected three times to France's National Assembly. In 2006, he ran unsuccessfully for the Socialist nomination for president.