Jens Weidmann
| Jens Weidmann | |
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| 8th President of the German Bundesbank | |
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Assumed office 1 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Axel A. Weber |
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20 April 1968 Solingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
Jens Weidmann (born 20 April 1968) is a German economist, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, and Chairman of the Board of the Bank for International Settlements.
Before assuming the top Bundesbank position in 2011, from February 2006, he served as Head of Division IV (Economic and Financial Policy) in the Federal Chancellery. He was the chief negotiator of the Federal Republic of Germany for both the summits of the G8 and the G20.
Weidmann was born in Solingen. In 1987, Weidmann graduated from gymnasium in Backnang, Baden-Württemberg after which he studied economics at Université Paul Cézanne Aix-Marseille III, the University of Paris, and University of Bonn. He received his Diplom in economics in 1993. From 1993 to 1994, he commenced his Ph.D studies on European monetary policy under the supervision of professor Roland Vaubel[] at the University of Mannheim, but later transferred back to Bonn again. He received his doctoral degree under the auspices of monetary theorist Manfred J. M. Neumann[] in 1997. During his studies Weidmann had internships at the Banque de France and the National Bank of Rwanda. Due to the resulting knowledge of the French financing sector his later career in German financial politics was welcomed in France and seen as a support of the Franco-German twin engine. His education has been characterized as specialising in monetarist economics.
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