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 female genital mutilation. In 2002 she founded her own organization in Vienna,the Desert Flower Foundation.
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.
The German Academic Scholarship Foundation is Germany's largest and most prestigious scholarship foundation. According to its statutes,it supports "the university education of young people who,on account of their exceptional academic or artistic talents and their personalities,can be expected to make an outstanding contribution to society as a whole". The Studienstiftung is non-political,non-denominational and ideologically independent. Its headquarters are located in Bonn;it also has an office in Berlin. The current president is Reinhard Zimmermann,and the President of Germany,Frank-Walter Steinmeier,is patron (Schirmherr).
Joe Kaeser is a German manager and former CEO of Siemens AG,Berlin &Munich,a role he was in from August 1,2013,until February 3,2021.
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.
Hans Lenk is 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. As of May 2023,no country has withdrawn from 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 is a German politician (CDU). He served in the de Maizière cabinet as the last East German Minister for Education and the Arts. After reunification he became Secretary of State for Sciences and the Arts in the regional government of Saxony. In addition,he served between 1997 and 2009 as President of the Central Committee of German Catholics.
The Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI),Federation of German Industries e. V. is the leading organization of German industry and industry-related service providers. It represents 39 industry associations and more than 100,000 companies with around 8 million employees. Membership is voluntary. A total of 15 state representations represent the interests of the economy at the regional level. Headquarters of the BDI is in the Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft in Berlin;Between 1950 and 1999 this was in the House of German Industry in Cologne. In addition,the BDI has other offices abroad and is therefore represented internationally. President of the BDI is since January 1,2021 Siegfried Russwurm.
Joachim Starbatty is a German professor of economics and politician.
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