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Helmut Schlesinger
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Schlesinger in 1991
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| President of the Deutsche Bundesbank | |
| In office 1991–1993 |
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| Preceded by | Karl Otto Pöhl |
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| Born | 4 September 1924 |
| Died | 23 December 2024 (aged 100) |
| Education | University of Munich |
| Occupation | Economist |
Helmut Schlesinger (4 September 1924 – 23 December 2024) was a German economist and President of the Bundesbank from 1991 to 1993.
Education
After his military duty, he studied economics at the University of Munich, from where he graduated with a Diplom in 1948, and with a doctorate in economics in 1951.
Career and personal life
He entered the precursor of the Deutsche Bundesbank, the Bank Deutscher Länder, in 1952 and ascended rapidly to the position of a department head. In 1964, he was appointed director of cconomics and statistics; he became a member of the executive board in 1972. He served as deputy chairman from 1980 to 1991 and as President of the German Central Bank from 1991 to 1993 when he retired. succeeding Karl Otto Pöhl and succeeded by Hans Tietmeyer. His key objective was the stability of the currency. His counter-inflation policies influenced Euroean monetary politics.
Schlesinger was a distinguished honorary professor at the German University of Administrative Sciences. He was an advisor to IDEAglobal Group, a global financial research organisation.
He turned 100 on 4 September 2024.
Schlesinger died on 23 December 2024, at the age of 100.
Awards
He was a member of the Orders of Merit and of Chivalry of Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Sweden, and Luxembourg.
