Theo Waigel
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Theo Waigel in 2012
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Federal Minister of Finance Germany |
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| In office 21 April 1989 – 27 October 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Gerhard Stoltenberg |
| Succeeded by | Oskar Lafontaine |
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| Born | Theodor Waigel 22 April 1939 Ursberg, Germany |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Political party | Christian Social Union (CSU) |
| Alma mater | University of Würzburg |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Theodor "Theo" Waigel (born 22 April 1939) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria.
Waigel is a lawyer, and earned a doctorate in 1967. He was a member of the Bundestag from 1972 to 2002. He served as Federal Minister of Finance of Germany in the Cabinet of Chancellor Helmut Kohl from 1989 to 1998, and as Chairman of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria from 1989[1] to 1999. He is known as the father of the Euro, the European currency.[2] He played a vital role in its introduction as German Minister of Finance. In 2009, he was appointed Honorary Chairman of the CSU.
In 2011, a commentator seeing Germany forced perhaps to choose between monetary stability, on the one hand, and the EMU, recalled by way of contrast Waigel's statement at the founding, “We are bringing the d-mark into Europe.”[3]
Waigel is married to the Olympic alpine skier Irene Epple.[4]
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- ↑ Stone, Randall W. and Gent, Stephen E. (1 February 2006) Formalizing Informal Cooperation: Norm-Based Cooperation and the European Stability and Growth Pact
- ↑ Marsh, David, "Germany forced to make a choice: Us or them? Commentary: Berlin’s moment of truth: Stable money or one Europe?", MarketWatch , 22 August 2011, Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ↑ Irene Epple. sports-reference.com
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