Hans Prader

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Johann "Hans" Prader (* 1951 in Roßbach ) is an Austrian economist . From 1995 he was Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he was also twice President of the "European Representation at the IMF (EURIMF)". Until November 2014, Prader was Austria's representative on the IMF Board of Directors.

academic career

Born in Upper Austria, he attended the humanistic grammar school in Ried and was considered an “extremely intelligent student”. In 1975 Hans Prader received his doctorate in political science and sociology at the University of Salzburg with a thesis on the politics of the ÖGB from 1945 to 1951, which was published in abbreviated form under the title “The fear of the trade unions in front of the class struggle”. He also studied economics at the Universities of Vienna and Warwick ( Great Britain ).

Professional background

He gained his first experience in the financial sector in 1976 at the Austrian National Bank, among other things as a representative of the National Bank at the OECD . He became deputy head of the international department. In 1987 he became Alternative Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund for Belgium, Austria, Luxembourg, Hungary and Turkey, and in 1990 Belarus, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovenia were added to his area of ​​responsibility. He was also President of the European Representation of the IMF for two periods in 1998 and 2006. From November 2012 to November 2014, Executive Director of the Central and East European Constituency.

Private life

His great-uncle was Georg Prader , who was Minister of Defense from 1966 to 1970.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The working level violates the politicians are silent Wiener Zeitung, on January 1, 2013
  2. ^ Johann Prader der Innviertler in the Upper Austrian News Monetary Fund , on April 28, 2010
  3. ^ Dean of the Alternate Executive Directors of the IMF Hans Prader Honored Austrian Information, no date, accessed December 12, 2016
  4. ^ Johann Prader der Innviertler in the Upper Austrian News Monetary Fund , on April 28, 2010
  5. ^ Dean of the Alternate Executive Directors of the IMF Hans Prader Honored Austrian Information, no date, accessed December 12, 2016
  6. ^ Johann Prader der Innviertler in the Upper Austrian News Monetary Fund , on April 28, 2010
  7. ^ Dean of the Alternate Executive Directors of the IMF Hans Prader Honored Austrian Information, no date, accessed December 12, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Prader, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prader, Johann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian economist, Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Rossbach Austria