Timothy Geithner
Vorlage:Current Vorlage:Infobox Officeholder Timothy Franz Geithner (last name Vorlage:Pron-en; born August 18, 1961) is the 9th president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In that role he also serves as Vice Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
After completing his studies, Geithner worked for Kissinger and Associates in Washington, DC, for three years and then joined the International Affairs division of the US Treasury Department in 1988.
In 1999 he was promoted to Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs and served under Treasury Secretaries Robert Rubin and Lawrence Summers.
In 2001 he left the Treasury to join the Council on Foreign Relations as a Senior Fellow in the International Economics department. He then worked for the International Monetary Fund as the director of the Policy Development and Review Department until moving to the Fed in October 2003.[1] In 2006 he became a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.
On November 21, 2008, it was reported that President-elect Barack Obama had decided to nominate Geithner for the position of Treasury Secretary.[2][3][4]
Personal life
Geithner was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Geithner of Larchmont, New York. He completed high school at International School Bangkok, Thailand,[5] and then attended Dartmouth College, graduating with a B.A. in government and Asian studies in 1983. After, he obtained an M.A. in International Economics and East Asian Studies from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in 1985. He has studied Japanese and Chinese and has lived in East Africa, India, Thailand, China, and Japan.
He is married to Carole M. Sonenfeld, a Dartmouth classmate, and with her has two children, Elise and Benjamin.[6] In spare time he fly-fishes, plays tennis and surfs.[7]
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See also
References
Further reading
- Jenny Anderson: Calm Before and During a Storm In: The New York Times, 9. Februar 2007
- David Cho, Irwin, Neil: In Crucible of Crisis, Paulson, Bernanke, Geithner Forge a Committee of Three In: Washington Post, 19. September 2008
- Noam Schreiber: Obama's Choice: The next Larry Summers… or Larry Summers In: The New Republic, 5. November 2008
External links
- Tim Geithner's home page at the NY Fed
- Who’s who: The Federal Open Markets Committee (MSNBC)
- Bernanke's quiet skipper makes waves, MarketWatch.com
- ↑ Jonathan Fuerbringer: I.M.F. Official Is Named President of New York Fed In: New York Times, 16. Oktober 2003
- ↑ Geithner to Be Nominated as Treasury Secretary In: CNBC, 21 November, 2008. Abgerufen im November 21, 2008
- ↑ NBC: Geithner to be tapped for U.S. Treasury chief In: Reuters, 21 November, 2008. Abgerufen im November 21, 2008
- ↑ Chuck Todd, Mitchell, Andrea: Geither Likely to be Treasury Secretary In: MSNBC, 21 November, 2008. Abgerufen im November 21, 2008
- ↑ Carole M. Sonnenfeld wed to T. F. Geithner In: New York Times, 9. Juni 1985
- ↑ Geithner's profile at the NY Fed website
- ↑ Stephen Labation: The New Team: Timothy F. Geithner In: The New York Times, 7. November 2008. Abgerufen am 20. November 2008