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Schlesinger, quintessential German central banker, turns 100
Helmut Schlesinger, the quintessential post-war German central banker, turns 100 on 4 September, a quiet milestone in a life dedicated to monetary stability yet punctuated by international economic tempests. Although he was president of the Bundesbank for only two action-packed years (1991 to 1993), Schlesinger had an impact in Germany and the wider world well beyond his brief period at the helm. Having joined Bank deutscher Länder – the Bundesbank’s forerunner – in 1952, just three years after the birth of the Federal Republic, Schlesinger embodied the twin features of the central bank’s persona. The ... (full story)