11 Facts About Hans Tietmeyer

Hans Tietmeyer was a German economist and regarded as one of the foremost experts on international financial matters.

Hans Tietmeyer was president of Deutsche Bundesbank from 1993 until 1999 and remained afterwards one of the most important figures in finance of the European Union.

Hans Tietmeyer was born on 18 August 1931 as the second of 11 children of a Roman Catholic family in Metelen.

Hans Tietmeyer graduated from Gymnasium Paulinum and initially studied Roman Catholic theology before switching to economics at the University of Munster, University of Bonn and University of Cologne.

In 1962 Tietmeyer started his career in the Federal Ministry of Economics.

Hans Tietmeyer was nominated by the government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl to become a member of the board of directors of the Deutsche Bundesbank in 1990, with responsibility for international monetary issues, organisations and agreements.

Hans Tietmeyer notably opposed the German government in 1997 over its plans to revalue the country's gold reserves to plug a budget shortfall.

Hans Tietmeyer published more than 100 articles on the subject of economics and was the recipient of many prestigious awards and prizes and was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

From January until March 2000, with former president Roman Herzog and former federal judge Paul Kirchhof, Hans Tietmeyer led an independent commission to investigate the CDU donations scandal.

Hans Tietmeyer later served on as president of the EBS University of Business and Law from 2000 until 2009.

Hans Tietmeyer served as vice-chairman of the board of directors at the Bank for International Settlements from 2003 until 2010.