Joachim Nagel

Joachim Nagel
President of the Bundesbank
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2022
Appointed byFrank-Walter Steinmeier
Preceded byJens Weidmann
Personal details
Born (1966-05-31) 31 May 1966 (age 58)
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany[1]
Children2
Alma materKarlsruhe Institute of Technology

Joachim Nagel (born 31 May 1966) is a German economist who has been serving as President of the Bundesbank since 2022.[2] Before he was a senior manager of the Bank for International Settlements since 2020, having been a member of the board of the Deutsche Bundesbank from 2010 to 2016 and then a member of the board of the KfW Bankengruppe from 2017 to 2020. He was appointed President of the Deutsche Bundesbank on 1 January 2022, to replace Jens Weidmann.[3] He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD),[1] along with the President who appointed him to serve initially under SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference faz1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Eddy, Melissa (2021-12-20). "Germany names a career central banker, Joachim Nagel, to head the Bundesbank". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  3. ^ "New Bundesbank boss could bring more change than meets the eye". POLITICO. 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2022-06-03.