Gaston Reinesch

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Gaston Reinesch
Born17 May 1958
Luxembourg
OccupationEconomist
Years active1984-today
Academic career
Alma materLondon School of Economics

Gaston Reinesch (born 17 May 1958 in Luxembourg [1] ) is a Luxembourgish economist. He has been the governor of the Central Bank of Luxembourg since 1 January 2013, and a member of the board of governors of the European Central Bank since December 2012.

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Early life and education

Reinesch holds a Master of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics. [1]

Career

Reinesch started to work at the Ministry of Finance in 1989, working on fiscal and currency issues. From 1995 to 2012, he was general director at the Ministry of Finance (replacing Romain Bausch [2] ) and held, through that position, the roles of president of the board of BGL BNP Paribas (during the transition from Banque Générale du Luxembourg to BGL BNP Paribas [3] ), member of the board of European Investment Bank, president of the Société Nationale de Crédit et d'Investissement, president of the Board of Post Luxembourg. [1] [4]

On 15 December 2012, Reinesch joined the board of governors of the European Central Bank, [5] [6] and the following month, in January 2013, he took on the role of governor of the Central Bank of Luxembourg for a 6-year term. [2] He was reappointed for another 6-year term in 2019. [7]

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References

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  8. Permanent members of the General Board European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).
  9. Board of Governors International Monetary Fund (IMF).