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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>UNITED STATES</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>FORM 8-K</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) </font><u><font size=2>    June 19, 2006&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;border-bottom:solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1;padding-top:0;'><b><font size=2>Lazard Ltd</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;border-bottom:solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1;padding-top:0;'><font size=2>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;border-bottom:solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:0;padding-top:0;'><b><font size=2>Bermuda</font></b></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>001-32492</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>98-0437848</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton, Bermuda</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><B><font SIZE=2>HM 11</font></B></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;border-bottom:solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1;padding-top:0;'><b><font size=2>441-295-1422</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;border-bottom:solid 0.75pt;padding-bottom:1;padding-top:0;'><b><font size=2>Not Applicable</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.29in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (</font><i><font size=2>see </font></i><font size=2>General Instruction A.2. below):</font></p>

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<font color="#000033"><b><font size=2>Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; </font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>Appointment of Principal Officers</font></b></font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On June 19, 2006, the Board of Directors of Lazard Ltd (the &#147;Board&#148;) elected Ronald J. Doerfler to the Board.  A copy of Lazard Ltd&#146;s press release announcing this information is being furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.  Mr. Doerfler has been appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.  </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font color="#000033"><b><font size=2>Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></b></font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>(d)</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>Exhibits.</font></b><font size=2> </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report on Form 8-K: </font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Press Release issued on June 19, 2006.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:18pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:1in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Dated:  June 20, 2006</font></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:3in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>By:  </font><u><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/  Scott D. Hoffman_______</font></u><font size=2>____</font></p>


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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
June 19, 2006
Lazard Ltd
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Bermuda
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-32492
98-0437848
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton, Bermuda
HM 11
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
441-295-1422
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General Instruction A.2. below):
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
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o
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(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers
On June 19, 2006, the Board of Directors of Lazard Ltd (the "Board") elected Ronald J. Doerfler to the Board.  A copy of Lazard Ltd's press release announcing this information is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.  Mr. Doerfler has been appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report on Form 8-K:
99.1
Press Release issued on June 19, 2006.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated:  June 20, 2006
LAZARD LTD
By:
/s/  Scott D. Hoffman_______
____
Name:
Scott D. Hoffman
Title:
Managing Director and General
Counsel
EXHIBIT INDEX
99.1
Press Release issued on June 19, 2006.