What is Helmut Schlesinger?
[[image:Helmut Schlesinger portrait.jpg|thumb|Helmut Schlesinger, 1991]] '''Helmut Schlesinger''' (4 September 1924 &ndash; 23 December 2024) was a [[Germans|German]] economist. He was the President of the [[Bundesbank]]. He was born in [[Penzberg]], [[Bavaria]]. He was a member of the [[Order of Merit|Orders of Merit]] and [[Order of chivalry|of Chivalry]] of [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Germany]], [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Italy]], [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria|Austria]], Hungary, [[Order of the Polar Star|Sweden]], and [[Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg|Luxembourg]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Who’s Who in Central Banking, 2002 |editor1-last=Hennessy |editor1-first=E. |editor2-first=Y. |editor2-last=Messenger |chapter=Helmut Schlesinger |pages=208–210 |location=London |publisher=Central Banking Publication |year=2001 |edition=3rd |isbn=1-902182-20-0 }}</ref> Schlesinger [[Centenarian|turned 100]] in September 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marsh |first=David |date=2024-09-03 |title=Schlesinger, quintessential German central banker, turns 100 |url=https://www.omfif.org/2024/09/helmut-schlesinger-post-war-german-central-banker-turns-100/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=OMFIF |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Bundesbank President Helmut Schlesinger turns 100 |url=https://www.bundesbank.de/en/press/contributions/guardian-of-the-culture-of-stability-paying-tribute-to-helmut-schlesinger-on-his-100th-birthday--939178 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.bundesbank.de |language=en}}</ref> He died on 23 December 2024.<ref>[https://www.bundesbank.de/de/presse/pressenotizen/bundesbank-nimmt-abschied-von-helmut-schlesinger-945354 Bundesbank nimmt Abschied von Helmut Schlesinger] {{in lang|de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schlesinger, Helmut}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:German centenarians]] [[Category:German bankers]] [[Category:German economists]] [[Category:People from