Klaus Liebscher
Klaus Liebscher (born July 12, 1939 in Vienna ) is an Austrian lawyer and bank director.
Life
After graduating from high school in Salzburg, Klaus Liebscher studied law at the University of Vienna and joined Genossenschaftliche Zentralbank AG (today: Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG ) in 1968 . In 1977 Liebscher was promoted to the board, from 1988 to 1995 he took over the office of general director and became president of the Vienna Stock Exchange Chamber. At the same time, he was on the supervisory boards of various banks and companies. In 1995 Liebscher moved to the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) as President . With the establishment of the European Central Bank (ECB) in June 1998, Liebscher became governor of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and thus a member of the Governing Council, in which the presidents of all national central banks (NCBs) of the euro area countries are represented. Klaus Liebscher is chairman of the "Kaprun" mediation commission.
On September 1, 2008, Klaus Liebscher was replaced by Ewald Nowotny as governor of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank. From November 11, 2008 until the company's dissolution on June 30, 2016, Liebscher was CEO of Finanzmarktbeteiligung Aktiengesellschaft .
Liebscher is a member of the K.Ö.HV Nordgau Wien in the ÖCV .
In September 2019, Liebscher resigned from his position as President of the Austrian Society for European Politics (ÖGfE) after eleven years . His successor was Ewald Nowotny. Liebscher was elected honorary president by the ÖGfE general assembly.
Awards (excerpt)
- Great Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (1993)
- Large Silver Decoration on Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria (1999)
- Silver Commander's Cross with the Star of Honor for Services to the Federal State of Lower Austria (1999)
- Great Golden Decoration of the State of Styria with the Star (2004)
- Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2008)
- Julius Raab Medal (2014)
proof
- ↑ ORF : National Bank: Nowotny fixed as the new governor ( Memento from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The standard : new management fix
- ↑ FIMBAG Finanzmarktbeteiligung Aktiengesellschaft des Bundes to stabilize the Austrian financial market founded today ( Memento from July 10, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Ewald Nowotny is the new President of the Austrian Society for European Politics. September 11, 2019, accessed September 11, 2019 .
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.59 MB)
- ↑ http://www.landespressedienst.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/10127123/374565/
- ↑ Christoph Leitl awards Julius Raab Medal of Honor to Klaus Liebscher and Georg Wailand . APA notification dated September 16, 2014, accessed March 19, 2015.
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SURNAME | Liebscher, Klaus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian bank director and governor of the OeNB |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |