Jörg Asmussen
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Jörg Asmussen is a German
economist and politician. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
and currently serves as deputy finance minister of Germany. He has been nominated as successor to Jürgen Stark
as chief economist of the European Central Bank
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
economist and politician. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
and currently serves as deputy finance minister of Germany. He has been nominated as successor to Jürgen Stark
Jürgen Stark
Jürgen Stark is a German economist who has been a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from June 2006, but announced in September 2011 he would resign later that year...
as chief economist of the European Central Bank
European Central Bank
The European Central Bank is the institution of the European Union that administers the monetary policy of the 17 EU Eurozone member states. It is thus one of the world's most important central banks. The bank was established by the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1998, and is headquartered in Frankfurt,...
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