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Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Horst Köhler Horst Köhler was born into a farming family in Skierbieszow, Poland, on 22 February 1943. His parents originated from Bessarabia and were forcibly resettled to Poland. In early 1945 the family fled to Germany from the advancing Soviet troops. They lived in Markkleeberg-Zöbigker near Leipzig for nearly ten years before fleeing to the Federal Republic of Germany via West Berlin during Easter of 1953 to escape the communist dictatorship. The family stayed in various refugee camps before eventually finding a new home in the Swabian city of Ludwigsburg. Köhler, who is Protestant, is married to teacher Eva Luise Köhler, née Bohnet. They have a 30-year-old daughter and a 26-year-old son. After completing the Abitur (university entrance examination) in 1963 and military service (1963-1965), Köhler read economics at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen from 1965 to 1969, graduating with a degree in economics. In 1977 he obtained his doctorate at the University of Tübingen. From 1969 to 1976 Horst Köhler worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Applied Economics Research in Tübingen. In 2003 the University of Tübingen made him a guest professor. 1976: Joined the Policy Principles Directorate-General of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Finance. 1981 to 1982: Advisor to Gerhard Stoltenberg, then Minister-President of Land Schleswig-Holstein, at the State Chancellery in Kiel. Member of the CDU since 1 December 1981. In November 1982 Horst Köhler accompanied Gerhard Stoltenberg, the new Federal Minister of Finance, to Bonn. There he worked in various functions until 1989. Federal Finance Minister Theo Waigel appointed Horst Köhler State Secretary with effect from 1 January 1990. In his role as State Secretary Köhler formulated the Federal Government's proposal of German-German monetary union to the Government of the GDR and negotiated the transitional agreement for the departure of the Soviet troops from East Germany under Theo Waigel. Horst Köhler was Germany's chief negotiator at the Inter-Governmental Conference which led to the Maastricht Treaty on European Economic and Monetary Union and the Personal Representative (Sherpa) to Federal Chancellor Dr Helmut Kohl during preparations for the G7 Economic Summits in Houston (1990), London (1991), Munich (1992) and Tokyo (1993). In August 1993 Köhler left the Federal Government to serve as President of the German Savings Bank Association, where he remained until 1998. In this position he worked particularly to strengthen the role of small and medium-sized enterprises and municipalities. In September 1998 Horst Köhler was appointed President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London at the behest of Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl. This bank helps building market economies and democracies in the excommunist eastern bloc countries. In May 2000 Horst Köhler moved from London to Washington, D.C., to serve as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the request of Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. He instigated far-reaching reforms in IMF policy which included improving transparency in international monetary policy and within the IMF itself, increasing the efficacy of measures to prevent international financial crises and involving the IMF in the global fight against poverty. In his activity as the IMF's Managing Director and in his public speeches Köhler developed his concept for a political approach to globalization. Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker honoured Professor Köhler with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. He has also received other distinguished awards, both at home and abroad. ___________________________________________