Obituary
Helmut Schlesinger, Bundesbank Leader in 90s Crisis, Dies at 100
- He led Europe’s most powerful central bank at the time
- Author called him ‘the Boy Scout of German central banking’
Helmut Schlesinger
Photographer: Arne Dedert/picture alliance/Getty ImagesHelmut Schlesinger, who as president of Germany’s Bundesbank battled inflation and tensions over monetary policy following the reunification of his country in 1990, has died. He was 100.
He died on Dec. 23, the Bundesbank said in a statement on Friday.