The euro area,commonly called the eurozone (EZ),is a currency union of 20 member states of the European Union (EU) that have adopted the euro (€) as their primary currency and sole legal tender,and have thus fully implemented EMU policies.
Waris Dirie is a Somali model,author,actress and human rights activist in the fight against female genital mutilation (FGM). From 1997 to 2003,she was a UN special ambassador against FGM. In 2002 she founded her own organization in Vienna,the Desert Flower Foundation. She has won numerous awards recognizing her work on eradicating FGM,including the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (2007).
Klaus Tschira was a German billionaire entrepreneur and the co-founder of the German software company SAP AG.
Norbert Lammert is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the 12th president of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2017.
Joe Kaeser is a German manager who served as CEO of Siemens AG from 2013 to 2021.
Hans-Werner Sinn is a German economist who served as President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research from 1999 to 2016. He currently serves on the German economy ministry’s advisory council. He is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Finance at the University of Munich.
Otmar Issing is a German economist who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2006 and concurrently as ECB chief economist. He developed the 'two-pillar' approach to monetary policy decision-making that the ECB has adopted. After leaving the executive board,Issing been serving as president of the Center for Financial Studies since 2006.
The Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold is named after the German nuclear chemist and 1944 Nobel Laureate Otto Hahn,an honorary citizen of Berlin.
Wolf Lepenies is a German sociologist,political scientist,and author.
Claus-Detlev Walter Kleber is a German journalist and former lawyer. He anchored heute-journal,an evening news program on ZDF,one of Germany's two major public TV stations. He is also known for his expertise in United States politics and German-American relations,as evidenced by his 2005 bestseller Amerikas Kreuzzüge.
Hans Lenk was a German rower who competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1960 Summer Olympics,and an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy. He was born in Berlin.
The Corine –International Book Prize,as it is officially called,is a German literature prize created by the Bavarian chapter of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels,first awarded in 2001. It is awarded to German and international "authors for excellent literary achievements and their recognition by the public."
New Direction –The Foundation for European Reform is a political foundation at European level,think tank and publisher affiliated with the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR). It was established in 2010,under the patronage of Baroness Thatcher. It is based in Brussels with satellite offices in London and Warsaw. New Direction is a free-market think tank that promotes European reform through the strengthening of accountability,transparency and democracy.
Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller born Leibinger is an American-born German businesswoman. She is the president and chairwoman of the Managing Board of the Trumpf GmbH + Co. KG,of which she has been a member since 2003,after having joined the company in 1985 as a public relations and branding specialist.
Withdrawal from the Eurozone denotes the process whereby a Eurozone member-state,whether voluntarily or forcibly,stops using the euro as its national currency and leaves the Eurozone.
Hans Van Bylen is a Belgian manager who has been serving as the CEO of Henkel from May 2016 to December 2019. He is married with three children.
Hans Joachim Meyer was a German linguist and CDU politician. When East Germany's authorities interrupted his law studies in Potsdam after six terms,he turned to English and American studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin where he then lectured and researched from 1964,with a habilitation in 1981,and as professor of applied linguistics from 1985 to 1990.
The Federation of German Industries is the umbrella organization of German industry and industry-related service providers in the legal form of a registered association. It represents 39 industry associations and more than 100,000 companies that employ around 8 million workers. Membership is voluntary. A total of 15 Bundesland-level agencies represent the interests of the economy at regional level. The headquarters of the BDI is the Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft in Berlin. The BDI also has offices abroad and is represented internationally. Siegfried Russwurm has been its President since 1 January 2021. BDI has offices in Germany and abroad. A total of 15 state representatives represents the interests of the economy at the regional level.
Joachim Starbatty is a German professor of economics and politician.
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