Brussels, 14/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 13 June, the board of directors of the International Monetary Fund published the shortlist of candidates for the top job with the international financial organisation. The French finance minister, Christine Lagarde, and the governor of the Central Bank of Mexico, Agustín Carstens, will be interviewed in Washington shortly. The final decision will be taken before the end of this month. Lagarde, who has the support of the Europeans, who carry a third of the voting rights at the IMF, starts off as favourite, even though she is awaiting a court judgement over her involvement in a legal procedure to resolve a conflict between the French bank Crédit Lyonnais and a French businessman. A last-minute candidate, the governor of the Central Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer, was rejected for being over the age limit of 65. Grigori Marchenko, who was put forward by Russia, dropped out of the race to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn of France, who resigned further to accusations of attempted rape. (M.B./transl.fl)