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Jens Weidmann

1968 - Today

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Jens Weidmann (born 20 April 1968) is a German economist who served as president of the Deutsche Bundesbank between 2011 and 2021. He also served as chairman of the Board of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Before moving to the Bundesbank, Weidmann served as Head of Division IV (Economic and Financial Policy) in the Federal Chancellery from February 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jens Weidmann has received more than 198,397 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jens Weidmann is the 18,059th most popular politician (down from 16,006th in 2019), the 6,015th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,990th in 2019) and the 1,320th most popular German Politician.

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  • 38.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jens Weidmann ranks 18,059 out of 19,576Before him are George Forbes, Thad Cochran, Shelley Moore Capito, Petar Lesov, László Toroczkai, and Ben Nighthorse Campbell. After him are Marat Khusnullin, Nasir-ud-Daulah, Charlie Baker, Yelena Serova, Tom Harkin, and Nancy Kassebaum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Jens Weidmann ranks 588Before him are Grant Shapps, Magnus Erlingmark, Adam Matysek, Niamh Kavanagh, Penny Wong, and Héctor Milián. After him are Big Daddy Kane, Marc Rieper, Dalian Atkinson, Kay Bluhm, Jiang Jin, and Kent Carlsson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jens Weidmann ranks 6,015 out of 7,253Before him are Dieter Althaus (1958), Falk Boden (1960), Kostja Ullmann (1984), Albert Arnheiter (1890), Christine Scheiblich (1954), and Benjamin Henrichs (1997). After him are Inka Grings (1978), Michael Rich (1969), Paula Beer (1995), Julia Franck (1970), Irene Epple (1957), and Igor Petrenko (1977).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Jens Weidmann ranks 1,320Before him are Hubertus Heil (1972), Ska Keller (1981), Josefa Idem (1964), Franziska Giffey (1978), Michael Kretschmer (1975), and Dieter Althaus (1958). After him are Bettina Stark-Watzinger (1968), Christine Lieberknecht (1958), Ronald Pofalla (1959), Daniel Günther (1973), Karl-Heinz Brunner (1953), and Andrea Fischer (1960).