Jakob von Weizsäcker

Minister of Finance, Saarland Ministry of Finance

Jakob von Weizsäcker is the Minister of Finance of the Saarland since April 2022. Prior to this, he worked as the Chief Economist of the German Federal Ministry of Finance (2019-2022), served as an MEP for Thuringia (2014-2019), headed the department for economic policy and tourism at the Thuringian Economics Ministry in Erfurt and worked as a Resident Fellow at Bruegel (2005-2010).

He previously worked at the World Bank in Washington (2002-2005) where he was country economist for Tajikistan and the Federal Economics Ministry in Berlin (2001-2002) where he headed the office of a junior minister. Before that, he worked for Vesta, a venture capital firm, and held research positions at the Center for Economic Studies in Munich and CIRED in Paris.

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Aufbruch in die Euro-Union

Warum ohne mehr Integration weitere Krisen drohen. Elf deutsche Ökonomen, Politologen und Juristen – die Glienicker Gruppe – entwickeln Vorschläge für

Jakob von Weizsäcker and Guntram B. Wolff

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06 September 2016

Bruegel Annual Meetings 2016, 6-7 September

The Annual Meetings are a high point in Bruegel's calendar.

Michel Barnier, Joachim Bitterlich, Arnoud Boot, Albert Bravo-Biosca, Elmar Brok, Nadia Calviño, Tom Carver, Grégory Claeys, Daniel Daianu, Zsolt Darvas, Paulina Dejmek-Hack, Maria Demertzis, Claude Denagtegal, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Alicia García-Herrero, Sylvie Goulard, Charles Grant, Dominique Guellec, Connie Hedegaard, Michel Houdebine, Vazil Hudák, Brigitte Knopf, Pascal Lamy, Lawrence J. Lau, Matthew Lobner, Robert Madelin, Sylvie Matherat, Simone Mori, Erik F. Nielsen, Barbara Novick, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Romano Prodi, Olli Rehn, Carmen Reinhart, André Sapir, Dirk Schoenmaker, Ludger Schuknecht, Egon Schulz, Maroš Šefčovič, Jeremy Shapiro, Scott Stern, Jean-Claude Trichet, Laszlo Varro, Nicolas Véron, Reinhilde Veugelers, Jakob von Weizsäcker, Helen Wallace, Guntram B. Wolff and Georg Zachmann

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06 September 2016

Bruegel Annual Meetings 2016

The Annual Meetings are a high point in Bruegel's calendar.

Jean Pisani-Ferry, André Sapir, Nicolas Véron, Jakob von Weizsäcker, Zsolt Darvas, Reinhilde Veugelers, Georg Zachmann, Daniel Daianu, Helen Wallace, Guntram B. Wolff, Carmen Reinhart, Jean-Claude Trichet, Grégory Claeys, Alicia García-Herrero, Dirk Schoenmaker, Erik F. Nielsen, Pascal Lamy, Michel Houdebine, Simone Mori, Laszlo Varro, Sylvie Goulard, Maria Demertzis, Connie Hedegaard, Brigitte Knopf, Albert Bravo-Biosca, Dominique Guellec, Scott Stern, Olli Rehn, Lawrence J. Lau, Joachim Bitterlich, Romano Prodi, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Ludger Schuknecht, Arnoud Boot, Paulina Dejmek-Hack, Barbara Novick, Michel Barnier, Elmar Brok, Tom Carver, Jeremy Shapiro, Sylvie Matherat, Maroš Šefčovič, Robert Madelin, Egon Schulz, Charles Grant, Matthew Lobner, Vazil Hudák, Nadia Calviño and Claude Denagtegal