Alexandre Lamfalussy

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Alexandre Lamfalussy, 2003

Baron Alexandre Lamfalussy (* 26. April 1929 in Kapuvár , Hungary as Sándor Lamfalussy ; † 9. May 2015 in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve , Belgium ) was a Hungarian-Belgian economist who as a pioneer and advocate of the single European financial system was . He was President of the European Monetary Institute .

Life

Lamfalussy left Hungary in 1949. He completed his education at the Catholic University of Leuven ( Belgium ) and received the degree of Dr. phil. in Economics from Oxford University ( Nuffield College ). He later taught at Louvain University and Yale University .

In 1976 he went to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel as a business advisor , where he held the position of Assistant General Manager from 1981 to 1985 . He was then appointed Director General of the BIS, which he remained until the end of 1993.

From 1994 to 1997 Lamfalussy was President of the European Monetary Institute in Frankfurt am Main , the forerunner of the European Central Bank . As such, he did preparatory work for the introduction of the euro . Since 1996 he has held the title of baron conferred on him by King Albert II of Belgium .

As a capital market expert , he was the author of numerous academic papers and books on economic policy.

The Lamfalussy procedure , which was developed by a “Committee of Wise Men”, which was chaired by Lamfalussy, also bears his name .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexandre Lamfalussy, l'un des pères de l'euro, est mort. In: Le Point of May 11, 2015 (French, accessed May 12, 2015).
personal data
SURNAME Lamfalussy, Alexandre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lámfalussy, Sándor (Hungarian maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian-Belgian economist
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Kapuvár , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 2015
Place of death Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve , Belgium