

1987
Doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) by the University of Siegen
1994
Habilitation in Economics at the University of Siegen
1994 - 1998
Professor of Economic Theory at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University, Bonn
1998 - 2001
Professor of Applied Monetary Economics at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
1998 - 2002
Director of the Center for Financial Studies in Frankfurt am Main
2001 - 2004
Professor of International Economics at the University of Cologne
2002 - 2004
Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
30 Apr 2004 - 30 Apr 2011
President of the Deutsche Bundesbank and Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank