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By Tim Jones   -  09.06.2011 / 04:29 CET
It was third time lucky for Belgium's members of the ECB executive board.

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Fact file

CV

1949: Born, Herchen, Germany

1972: Master's degree in economics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles

1973-75: Researcher at ULB

1976-77: Military service

1977-78: Researcher at ULB

1978-80: Economist at the International Monetary Fund

1980: PhD in economics from ULB

1980-87: Professor of economics at ULB

1987-99: Chief economist at Générale de Banque (later Fortis Bank)

1999-2000: Chief of staff to Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders

2000-11: Executive director of the National Bank of Belgium

2000-11: Alternate director on the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

2007-11: Chairman of the Banking

Supervision Committee of the Eurosystem

2011-: Member of the executive board of the European Central Bank

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