What is Timothy Geithner?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Timothy Geithner |image = Timothy Geithner official portrait.jpg |office = 75th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] |president = [[Barack Obama]] |deputy = [[Neal S. Wolin|Neal Wolin]] |term_start = January 26, 2009 |term_end = January 25, 2013 |predecessor = [[Henry Paulson]] |successor = [[Jack Lew]] |office1 = 9th [[List of presidents of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York|President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York]] |term_start1 = November 17, 2003 |term_end1 = January 26, 2009 |predecessor1 = [[William Joseph McDonough|William McDonough]] |successor1 = [[William C. Dudley|William Dudley]] |birthname = Timothy Franz Geithner |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|8|18}} |birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2008-10-17-2159631534_x.htm |title=Next treasury boss will feel power - and stress |accessdate=January 27, 2013|work=[[USA Today]] |last=Raum |first=Tom |date=October 18, 2008}}</ref> |spouse = Carole Marie Sonnenfeld {{small|(1985–present)}} |alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]]<br>[[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies|Johns Hopkins University]] |signature = |website = [http://www.treasury.gov/about/Pages/Secretary.aspx Government website] }} '''Timothy Franz Geithner''' (pronounced /ˈɡaɪtnər/; born August 18, 1961), was the 75th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] from 2009 to 2013. He served under [[President of the Untied States|President]] [[Barack Obama]]. Before becoming Secretary of the Treasury, he was president of the [[Federal Reserve Bank]] of [[New York City|New York]]. Geithner was born in Brooklyn, New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.america.gov/st/elections08-english/2008/November/20081124152347esnamfuak0.2744562.html|title=President-elect Obama Anno