Dr Jens Weidmann President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Member of the Governing Council of the ECB
Responsibilities
Curriculum Vitae
1968-04-20
Born in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia
1987 - 1993
Studied economics at the Université de Droit, d'Economie et des Sciences: Aix-en-Provence and at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University, Bonn; study visit at the Banque de France. Graduated in economics
1994 - 1997
Research assistant at Bonn University's Institute for International Economic Policy
1997
Awarded PhD by Bonn University
1997 - 1999
Employee with the International Monetary Fund in Washington D.C.
1999 - 2003
Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Experts
2003 - 2006
Head of the Deutsche Bundesbank's Monetary Policy and Analysis Division, and Deputy Head of the Economics Department
2006 - 2011
Head of the Department for Economic and Fiscal Policy at the Federal Chancellor's Office
Latterly also personal representative of the Federal Chancellor charged with preparations for the world economic summits of the G8 and G20 countries
Since May 2011
President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
- Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank
- Governor of the International Monetary Fund
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements
- Member of the Plenary and of the Steering Committee of the Financial Stability Board
- Member of the Board of Directors of the European Systemic Risk Board
Since November 2015
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements