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			{{Infobox officeholder
			\| name = Helmut Schlesinger
			\| image = Helmut Schlesinger portrait.jpg
			\| caption = Schlesinger in 1991
			\| order = 5th
			\| office = President of the German Bundesbank
			\| term_start = 1 August 1991
			\| term_end = 30 September 1993
			\| president =
			\| predecessor = ]
			\| successor = ]
			\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=yes\|1924\|09\|04}}
			\| birth_place = ], ], ]
			\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=yes\|2024\|12\|23\|1924\|09\|04}}
			\| death_place = ], ], Germany
			\| spouse = Carola
			\| children = 4
			\| education = ] (], ])
			\| occupation = Economist
			}}

	'''Helmut Schlesinger''' (~~born~~ September 4, 1924 in ]) is a German economist and ~~former~~ President of the ].		'''Helmut Schlesinger''' (4 September 1924 – 23 December 2024) was a German economist and President of the ] from 1991 to 1993. Having worked for the institution and its precursor from 1952, he pursued monetary stability.

			==Life==
	After his military duty, he studied economics at the ], from where he graduated with a ] in 1948, and with a ] in economics in 1951. He entered the ] in 1952 and ascended rapidly to the position of a department head. In 1964, he was appointed Director of Economics and Statistics, and became a member of the executive board in 1972. He served as deputy chairman from 1980 to 1991 and as President of the ] from 1991 to 1993. Schlesinger has been a distinguished honorary professor at the ]. He is a member of the ] and ] of ], ], ], Hungary, ], and ].<ref>{{cite book \|title=Who’s Who in Central Banking, 2002 \|editor1-last=Hennessy \|editor1-first=E. \|editor2-first=Y. \|editor2-last=Messenger \|chapter=Helmut Schlesinger \|pages=208–210 \|location=London \|publisher=Central Banking Publication \|year=2001 \|edition=3rd \|isbn=1-902182-20-0 }}</ref>
			Schlesinger was born in ], Bavaria, on 4 September 1924.<ref name="Bundesbank bio" /> His schooling was at Bavarian boarding schools until he joined the German military in 1943 and served for two years during World War II.<ref name="Bloomberg Obit" /> He then studied economics at the ], from which he graduated with a ] in 1948, and with a ] in economics in 1951.<ref name="Bundesbank bio" /> His thesis was about economic efficiency in the public administration sector.<ref name="Bundesbank Mediathek" />

			===Career===
			From 1949 to 1952, Schlesinger worked at the ] in Munich.<ref name="Bloomberg Obit" /> He entered the precursor of the ], the ], in 1952 and ascended rapidly to the position of a department head.<ref name="Bundesbank" /> In 1956, he served as Head of the Economic Analysis and Forecasting Division.<ref name="Bundesbank Mediathek" /> In 1964, he was appointed Head of the Economics and Statistics Department; he became a member of the executive board in 1972.<ref name="Bundesbank Mediathek" /> He served as deputy chairman from 1980 to 1991 and as President of the German Central Bank from 1991 to 1993 when he retired,<ref name="Bundesbank" /> succeeding ] and succeeded by ]. His key objective was the stability of the currency.<ref name="Bundesbank" /><ref name="Braunberger" /> His counter-inflation policies influenced European monetary politics.<ref name="Marsh" /><ref name="Braunberger" /> Remarks by Schlesinger in '']'' in 1992 triggered a financial crisis for the ] that became known as ].<ref name=EHS>{{cite web \|author1=Alain Naef \|title=A small remark with big consequences: what sparked Black Wednesday? \|url=https://ehs.org.uk/a-small-remark-with-big-consequences-what-sparked-black-wednesday/ \|website=Economic History Society \|access-date=26 May 2024 \|date=30 September 2022}}</ref>

			Schlesinger was a distinguished honorary professor at the ].<ref name="f346">{{cite web \|title=Lehrende \|website=Universität Speyer \|date=12 December 2024 \|url=https://www.uni-speyer.de/lehrende-lernende-und-ehemalige/lehrende/lehrende \|language=de \|access-date=30 December 2024 \|archive-date=30 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230161349/https://www.uni-speyer.de/lehrende-lernende-und-ehemalige/lehrende/lehrende \|url-status=live }}</ref> He was an advisor to IDEAglobal Group, a global financial research organisation.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Prof Dr. Schlesinger \|url=http://ideacarbon.com/about-us/advisory-board/Prof-Dr-Schlesinger.htm \|publisher=IDEAcarbon \|access-date=2 June 2015 \|archive-date=15 August 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815143817/http://ideacarbon.com/about-us/advisory-board/Prof-Dr-Schlesinger.htm \|url-status=live }}</ref>

			===Personal life===
			Schlesinger and his wife Carola had four children.<ref name="Hessenschau" /> He ] on 4 September 2024.<ref name="Marsh" /><ref>{{cite web \|title=Former Bundesbank President Helmut Schlesinger turns 100 \|url=https://www.bundesbank.de/en/press/contributions/guardian-of-the-culture-of-stability-paying-tribute-to-helmut-schlesinger-on-his-100th-birthday--939178 \|access-date=4 September 2024 \|website=www.bundesbank.de}}</ref>

			Schlesinger died in ]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Helmut Franz Schlesinger \|url=https://lebenswege.faz.net/traueranzeige/helmut-franz-schlesinger \|access-date=30 December 2024 \|date=30 December 2024 \|website=lebenswege.faz.net \|language=de \|archive-date=30 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230055013/https://lebenswege.faz.net/traueranzeige/helmut-franz-schlesinger \|url-status=live}}</ref> on 23 December 2024.<ref name="Bloomberg Obit">{{cite news \|last1=Henry \|first1=David \|last2=Randow \|first2=Jana \|title=Helmut Schlesinger, Bundesbank Leader in 90s Crisis, Dies at 100 \|url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/company-news/2024/12/27/helmut-schlesinger-bundesbank-leader-in-90s-crisis-dies-at-100/ \|access-date=30 December 2024 \|work=BNN Bloomberg \|date=27 December 2024 \|archive-date=30 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230130557/https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/company-news/2024/12/27/helmut-schlesinger-bundesbank-leader-in-90s-crisis-dies-at-100/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Bundesbank" /><ref name="Hessenschau" />

			==Awards==
			Schlesinger was a member of the ] and ] of ], ], ], Hungary, ], and ].<ref>{{cite book \|title=Who's Who in Central Banking, 2002 \|editor1-last=Hennessy \|editor1-first=E. \|editor2-first=Y. \|editor2-last=Messenger \|chapter=Helmut Schlesinger \|pages=208–210 \|location=London \|publisher=Central Banking Publication \|year=2001 \|edition=3rd \|isbn=1-902182-20-0}}</ref> He received honorary doctorates from the universities of Frankfurt (1981),<ref name="w536">{{cite web \|title=Ehrendoktorwürde \|website=Goethe-Universität Frankfurt \|url=https://www.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de/fachbereich/ueber-uns/ehrungen/ehrendoktorwuerde \|language=de \|access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> Göttingen (1981),<ref name="j398">{{cite web \|title=Ehrendoktorwürde \|website=Georg-August Universität Göttingen \|date=1 January 1970 \|url=https://uni-goettingen.de/de/wiwi-fakult%C3%A4t+g%C3%B6ttingen+%7C+professuren/13634.html \|language=de \|access-date=30 December 2024 \|archive-date=30 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230173509/https://uni-goettingen.de/de/wiwi-fakult%25C3%25A4t%2Bg%25C3%25B6ttingen%2B%257C%2Bprofessuren/13634.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> and St. Gallen (1993).<ref name="l183">{{cite web \|title=Ehrendoktorate der Universität St.Gallen (HSG) \|website=HSG Startseite – Universität St.Gallen \|url=https://www.unisg.ch/de/universitaet/ueber-uns/geschichte/ehrendoktorate/ \|language=de \|access-date=30 December 2024 \|archive-date=30 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230173705/https://www.unisg.ch/de/universitaet/ueber-uns/geschichte/ehrendoktorate/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="i290">{{cite web \|last=Schlesinger \|first=Prof. Dr. Helmut \|title=Ehrungen \|website=Prof. Dr. Helmut Schlesinger \|url=http://www.schlesingerhelmut-prof.de/html/ehrungen.html \|language=de \|access-date=30 December 2024 \|archive-date=24 October 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024130510/http://schlesingerhelmut-prof.de/html/ehrungen.html \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
			{{reflist
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			<ref name="Braunberger">{{cite news
			\| last = Braunberger
			\| first = Gerold
			\| url = https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/frueherer-bundesbankpraesident-helmut-schlesinger-gestorben-110197888.html
			\| title = Schlesinger, quintessential German central banker, turns 100
			\| newspaper = ]
			\| date = 27 December 2024
			\| language = de
			\| access-date = 28 December 2024
			\| archive-date = 27 December 2024
			\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241227233530/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/frueherer-bundesbankpraesident-helmut-schlesinger-gestorben-110197888.html
			\| url-status = live
			}}</ref>

			<ref name="Marsh">{{cite web
			\| last = Marsh
			\| first = David
			\| date = 3 September 2024
			\| url = https://www.omfif.org/2024/09/helmut-schlesinger-post-war-german-central-banker-turns-100/
			\| title = Schlesinger, quintessential German central banker, turns 100
			\| work = ]
			\| language = en-GB
			\| access-date = 4 September 2024
			\| archive-date = 4 September 2024
			\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240904101033/https://www.omfif.org/2024/09/helmut-schlesinger-post-war-german-central-banker-turns-100/
			\| url-status = live
			}}</ref>

			<ref name="Bundesbank">{{cite news
			\| url = https://www.bundesbank.de/de/presse/pressenotizen/bundesbank-nimmt-abschied-von-helmut-schlesinger-945354
			\| title = Bundesbank nimmt Abschied von Helmut Schlesinger
			\| work = Deutsche Bundesbank
			\| date = 27 December 2024
			\| language = de
			\| access-date = 27 December 2024
			\| archive-date = 27 December 2024
			\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241227160624/https://www.bundesbank.de/de/presse/pressenotizen/bundesbank-nimmt-abschied-von-helmut-schlesinger-945354
			\| url-status = live
			}}</ref>

			<ref name="Bundesbank bio">{{cite news
			\| url = https://www.bundesbank.de/de/bundesbank/organisation/vorstand/helmut-schlesinger-608034
			\| title = Prof. Dr. oec. publ. Dr. h.c. mult. Helmut Schlesinger
			\| work = Deutsche Bundesbank
			\| date = December 2024
			\| language = de
			\| access-date = 28 December 2024
			}}</ref>

			<ref name="Bundesbank Mediathek">{{cite web
			\| title=Helmut Schlesinger
			\| website=Deutsche Bundesbank
			\| url=https://www.bundesbank.de/de/service/mediathek/helmut-schlesinger-646252
			\| language=de
			\| access-date=30 December 2024
			\| archive-date=30 December 2024
			\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230132220/https://www.bundesbank.de/de/service/mediathek/helmut-schlesinger-646252
			\| url-status=live
			}}</ref>

			<ref name="Hessenschau">{{cite news
			\| url = https://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/ex-bundesbank-praesident-helmut-schlesinger-gestorben-v2,tod-schlesinger-102.html
			\| title = Ex-Bundesbank-Präsident Schlesinger gestorben
			\| work = ]
			\| date = 27 December 2024
			\| language = de
			\| access-date = 28 December 2024
			\| archive-date = 28 December 2024
			\| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241228120018/https://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/ex-bundesbank-praesident-helmut-schlesinger-gestorben-v2,tod-schlesinger-102.html
			\| url-status = live
			}}</ref>
			}}

			==Further reading==
			* {{Cite book \|last1=Bub \|first1=Norbert \|last2=Duwendag \|first2=Dieter \|last3=Richter \|first3=Rudolf \|date=1989 \|title=Geldwertsicherung und Wirtschaftsstabilität \|language=de \|publication-place=Frankfurt am Main \|publisher=F. Knapp \|isbn=978-3-7819-0432-3}}
			* {{Cite book \|last1=Mink \|first1=Reimund \|last2=Schlesinger \|first2=Helmut \|year=2024 \|title=Helmut Schlesinger Wegbereiter und Garant der deutschen Geld- und Stabilitätspolitik wird 100 \|language=de \|publication-place=Frankfurt am Main \|publisher=Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability, Goethe University Frankfurt \|oclc=1454846036}}
			* {{Cite news \|last=Nagel \|first=Joachim \|author-link=Joachim Nagel \|title=Ehemaliger Bundesbankpräsident Schlesinger feiert 100. Geburtstag von Helmut Schlesinger \|trans-title=Guardian of the culture of stability – paying tribute to Helmut Schlesinger on his 100th birthday \|url=https://www.bundesbank.de/en/press/contributions/guardian-of-the-culture-of-stability-paying-tribute-to-helmut-schlesinger-on-his-100th-birthday--939178 \|date= 3 September 2024 \|newspaper=] \|publisher=] \|access-date=1 January 2025}}
			* {{Cite book \|last1=von Furstenberg \|first1=George M. \|last2=Ulan \|first2=Michael K. \|date=1998 \|chapter=Schlesinger's Steady Honing of Germany's Anti-Inflation Resolve \|title=Learning from the World's Best Central Bankers \|publication-place=Boston, MA \|publisher=Springer US \|doi=10.1007/978-1-4615-4959-8_4 \|isbn=978-0-7923-8304-8}}

			==External links==
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	\| NAME = Schlesinger, Helmut
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	\| DATE OF BIRTH = September 4, 1924
	\| PLACE OF BIRTH = Penzberg, Germany
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German economist (1924–2024)

Helmut Schlesinger
Schlesinger in 1991

5th President of the German Bundesbank
In office 1 August 1991 – 30 September 1993
Preceded by	Karl Otto Pöhl
Succeeded by	Hans Tietmeyer

Personal details
Born	(1924-09-04)4 September 1924 Penzberg, Bavaria, Germany
Died	23 December 2024(2024-12-23) (aged 100) Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany
Spouse	Carola
Children	4
Education	University of Munich (Diplom, PhD)
Occupation	Economist

Helmut Schlesinger (4 September 1924 – 23 December 2024) was a German economist and President of the Bundesbank from 1991 to 1993. Having worked for the institution and its precursor from 1952, he pursued monetary stability.

Life

Schlesinger was born in Penzberg, Bavaria, on 4 September 1924. His schooling was at Bavarian boarding schools until he joined the German military in 1943 and served for two years during World War II. He then studied economics at the University of Munich, from which he graduated with a Diplom in 1948, and with a doctorate in economics in 1951. His thesis was about economic efficiency in the public administration sector.

Career

From 1949 to 1952, Schlesinger worked at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich. 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 1956, he served as Head of the Economic Analysis and Forecasting Division. In 1964, he was appointed Head of the Economics and Statistics Department; 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 European monetary politics. Remarks by Schlesinger in Handelsblatt in 1992 triggered a financial crisis for the British pound that became known as Black Wednesday.

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.

Personal life

Schlesinger and his wife Carola had four children. He turned 100 on 4 September 2024.

Schlesinger died in Bad Homburg on 23 December 2024.

Awards

Schlesinger was a member of the Orders of Merit and of Chivalry of Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Sweden, and Luxembourg. He received honorary doctorates from the universities of Frankfurt (1981), Göttingen (1981), and St. Gallen (1993).

References

^ "Prof. Dr. oec. publ. Dr. h.c. mult. Helmut Schlesinger". Deutsche Bundesbank (in German). December 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
^ Henry, David; Randow, Jana (27 December 2024). "Helmut Schlesinger, Bundesbank Leader in 90s Crisis, Dies at 100". BNN Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 30 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
^ "Helmut Schlesinger". Deutsche Bundesbank (in German). Archived from the original on 30 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
^ "Bundesbank nimmt Abschied von Helmut Schlesinger". Deutsche Bundesbank (in German). 27 December 2024. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
^ Braunberger, Gerold (27 December 2024). "Schlesinger, quintessential German central banker, turns 100". FAZ (in German). Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
^ Marsh, David (3 September 2024). "Schlesinger, quintessential German central banker, turns 100". OMFIF. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
Alain Naef (30 September 2022). "A small remark with big consequences: what sparked Black Wednesday?". Economic History Society. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
"Lehrende". Universität Speyer (in German). 12 December 2024. Archived from the original on 30 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
"Prof Dr. Schlesinger". IDEAcarbon. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
^ "Ex-Bundesbank-Präsident Schlesinger gestorben". Hessenschau (in German). 27 December 2024. Archived from the original on 28 December 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
"Former Bundesbank President Helmut Schlesinger turns 100". www.bundesbank.de. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
"Helmut Franz Schlesinger". lebenswege.faz.net (in German). 30 December 2024. Archived from the original on 30 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
Hennessy, E.; Messenger, Y., eds. (2001). "Helmut Schlesinger". Who's Who in Central Banking, 2002 (3rd ed.). London: Central Banking Publication. pp. 208–210. ISBN 1-902182-20-0.
"Ehrendoktorwürde". Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2024.
"Ehrendoktorwürde". Georg-August Universität Göttingen (in German). 1 January 1970. Archived from the original on 30 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
"Ehrendoktorate der Universität St.Gallen (HSG)". HSG Startseite – Universität St.Gallen (in German). Archived from the original on 30 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
Schlesinger, Prof. Dr. Helmut. "Ehrungen". Prof. Dr. Helmut Schlesinger (in German). Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2024.

External links

Official website (in German)

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