Robert Holzmann (born

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1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

, in

Leoben Leoben () is a Styrian city in central Austria, located on the Mur river. With a population of about 25,000 it is a local industrial centre and hosts the University of Leoben, which specialises in mining. The Peace of Leoben, an armistice betwee ...

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) is an Austrian

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¹ and the current Governor of Austria’s central bank, the

Oesterreichische Nationalbank The Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) is the central bank of Austria and, as such, an integral part of both the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the Eurozone. It started operations on , replacing the Austro-Hungarian Bank of which ...

(OeNB).^2,3 His term of appointment runs from September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2025. From 1997 to 2011, he held various positions at the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Interna ...

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, including Sector Director (1997–2009), Research Director (2009–2011) and Acting

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(2002–2003). Before and thereafter he held positions in

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and

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Professional career

From 1985, Robert Holzmann worked for the

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries ...

(OECD) in

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, and from 1988 as a senior economist for the

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster globa ...

(IMF) in Washington, D.C., USA. In 1992, he assumed a full professorship in International Economic Relations and European Economics at

Saarland University Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in si ...

in Saarbrücken, Germany, where he also served as Executive Director of the

Europa-Institut The Europa-Institut was founded at Saarland University in 1951, before the signing of the Treaties of Rome, and is the second oldest institution focused on European Integration (after the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium). More than 5,000 stud ...

. In 1997, World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn appointed Robert Holzmann Sector Director and Sector Board Head in Social Protection and Labor at the

in Washington, D.C., USA. In 2002–2003, he also served as Acting Senior Vice President of the World Bank, and from 2009 as a Research Director. In addition, he was a long-term head of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute (LBI) for the analysis of economic policy activities in Vienna, Austria. In 2003, Robert Holzmann became Research Fellow at today’s

IZA Institute of Labor Economics The IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (german: Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit), until 2016 referred to as the Institute of the Study of Labor (IZA), is a private, independent economic research institute and academic network focused o ...

in Bonn, Germany, and he is also Research Network Fellow of CES

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. He also held visiting professorships, inter alia, at

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(1991), the

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...

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(1995), the

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics The Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE; ) is a public research university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The university is affiliated to the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the ministry and the Sichuan Provincial Peopl ...

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(honorary professorship, 2010), and the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

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(honorary professorship, 2013). From 2012 to 2015, he held a foundation´ chair at the

University of Malaya The University of Malaya ( ms, Universiti Malaya, UM; abbreviated as UM or informally the Malayan University) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of highe ...

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, where he became Distinguished Research Fellow in 2016. Since September 2019, Robert Holzmann has been Governor of the

(OeNB). In this capacity, he is also member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), Austria’s governor on the International Monetary Fund’s Board of Governors and member of the General Board of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB). In addition, he attends the Governors’ meetings of the

Bank for International Settlements The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution owned by central banks that "fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks". The BIS carries out its work thr ...

(BIS).

Publications

39 books, 94 contributions to books, 48 articles in refereed journals, 29 articles in non-refereed economic policy journals, 22 other publications and numerous discussion papers, research papers and strategic papers in

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English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

, French and

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

. A number of books and articles have been translated into

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Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

, German,

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

and Spanish.

External links

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Austrian Academy of Sciences

References

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''IMF Members’ Quotas and Voting Power, and IMF Board of Governors''
Fonds monétaire international. Accessed on November 17, 2020. {{DEFAULTSORT:Holzmann, Robert 1949 births Living people Austrian economists Governors of Oesterreichische Nationalbank