Wim Duisenberg

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Dutch politician and economist (1935-2005)

PoliticiansLived 1935 to 2005 · aged 70

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Willem Frederik "Wim" Duisenberg was a Dutch politician, economist and senior official who served as the first President of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2003.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom Denis Healey, Minister of Finance of West Germany Helmut Schmidt and Minister of Finance Wim Duisenberg during a European Economic Community meeting in The Hague on 24 April 1974

President of the European Central Bank Wim Duisenberg and Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa during an International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington, D.C., on 24 September 2000

Awards 9

2004Walter Hallstein Prize

2003Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

2002Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1998Golden Schlitzohr

1997Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion

1978Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion

Knight of the Legion of Honour

Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry

Connected to Wim 6

Ephraim KishonAlso won Golden Schlitzohr

Jeroen KrabbéAlso won Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion

Annemiek van VleutenAlso won Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Valery GergievAlso won Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion

Ralf DahrendorfAlso won Walter Hallstein Prize

Sky du MontAlso won Golden Schlitzohr

About this person

Willem Frederik "Wim" Duisenberg was a Dutch politician, economist and senior official who served as the first President of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2003. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), he previously was Minister of Finance from 1973 to 1977 and presided over De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the Dutch central bank, from 1982 to 1997.