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Dove with no pigeon hole

By Christian Distasio  -  11.09.2008 / 00:00 CET
An independent-minded economics professor takes over the helm of the Austrian National Bank.

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Curriculum Vitae

1944: Born, Vienna
1966: PhD in law and economics, Vienna University
1971-72: American Council of Learned Societies fellow at Harvard University
1972: Post-doctoral studies in economics at Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
1972-82: Professorships in Darmstadt, Germany, later in Linz, Austria
1978-99: Member of the Austrian National Council, the lower house of parliament
1982: Full professor of economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
1999-2003: Vice-president, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
2006-07: Chief executive of BAWAG, Austria's fourth-largest commercial bank
2008: Austrian National Bank Governor and ECB Governing Council member

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