Theo Waigel

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Theo Waigel

Theo Waigel in 2012.
Federal Minister of Finance Germany
In office 21 April 1989 – 27 October 1998
Preceded by	Gerhard Stoltenberg
Succeeded by	Oskar Lafontaine
Personal details
Born	(1939-04-22) 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]

References

↑ Tuohy, William (14 April 1989). "Kohl Shuffles Cabinet to Aid Image Before Election". Los Angeles Times (Bonn). Retrieved 10 April 2013.
↑ http://users.polisci.wisc.edu/pec/papers/Stone_Gent_06.pdf
↑ 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.

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v t e Finance Ministers of Germany

German Empire (1871–1918)	Adolf von Scholz Franz Emil Emanuel von Burchard Karl Rudolf Jacobi Baron Helmuth von Maltzahn Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner Max Franz Guido von Thielmann Baron Hermann von Stengel Reinhold Sydow Adolf Wermuth Hermann Kühn Karl Helfferich Siegfried von Roedern

Weimar Republic (1918–1933)	Eugen Schiffer Bernhard Dernburg Matthias Erzberger Joseph Wirth Andreas Hermes Rudolf Hilferding Hans Luther Otto von Schlieben Hans Luther Peter Reinhold Heinrich Köhler Rudolf Hilferding Paul Moldenhauer Heinrich Brüning Hermann Dietrich

Third Reich (1933–1945)	Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk

East Germany (1949–1990)	Hans Loch Willy Rumpf Siegfried Böhm Werner Schmieder Ernst Höfner Uta Nickel Walter Romberg Werner Skowron

Federal Republic of Germany (1949–)	Fritz Schäffer Franz Etzel Heinz Starke Rolf Dahlgrün Kurt Schmücker Franz Josef Strauss Alex Möller Karl Schiller Helmut Schmidt Hans Apel Hans Matthöfer Manfred Lahnstein Gerhard Stoltenberg Theodor Waigel Oskar Lafontaine Hans Eichel Peer Steinbrück Wolfgang Schäuble

v t e Chairmen of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria

Josef Müller (1946–1949) Hans Ehard (1949–1955) Hanns Seidel (1955–1961) Franz Josef Strauss (1961–1988) Theodor Waigel (1988–1999) Edmund Stoiber (1999-2007) Erwin Huber (2007–2008) Horst Seehofer (since 2008)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 37712961 LCCN: n83038855 ISNI: 0000 0001 0964 9349 GND: 118818716 SUDOC: 060405473

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Name	Waigel, Theo
Alternative names	Waigel, Theodor
Short description	German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria party
Date of birth	22 April 1939
Place of birth	Ursberg
Date of death
Place of death

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