10 Facts About Jens Weidmann

Jens Weidmann was born on 20 April 1968 and is a German economist who served as president of the Deutsche Bundesbank between 2011 and 2021.

Jens Weidmann served as chairman of the Board of the Bank for International Settlements.

Jens Weidmann was the chief negotiator of the Federal Republic of Germany for both the summits of the G8 and the G20.

In 1987, Jens Weidmann graduated from gymnasium in Backnang, Baden-Wurttemberg after which he studied economics at Aix-Marseille University, the University of Paris, and University of Bonn.

Jens Weidmann's education has been characterized as specialising in monetarist economics.

From 1997 to 1999, Jens Weidmann worked at the International Monetary Fund.

In 2006, Jens Weidmann began working at the Federal Chancellery, where he was responsible for preparing the content and strategy of the G-20 round which was formed to counter the effects of the financial crisis.

In 2011, Jens Weidmann suggested to Merkel that the position of Bundesbank vice president, which had become vacant, be filled by Sabine Lautenschlager, then director of Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority.

In February, 2011, Weidmann was designated to succeed Axel A Weber as president of the Deutsche Bundesbank.

In May, 2012, Jens Weidmann's stance was characterized by US economist and columnist Paul Krugman as amounting to wanting to destroy the Euro.