Theodor Waigel

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Theo Waigel
Theodor Waigel (right) with Erwin Huber in 1989.
Federal Minister of Finance  Germany
In office April 21, 1989 – October 27, 1998
Preceded by	Gerhard Stoltenberg
Succeeded by	Oskar Lafontaine
Born	April 22, 1939 (1939-04-22) (age 70) Ursberg, Germany
Nationality	Germany
Political party	Christian Social Union (CSU)
Alma mater	University of Würzburg
Profession	Lawyer

Theodor "Theo" Waigel (born April 22, 1939) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria. He served as Federal Minister of Finance of Germany in the Cabinet of Chancellor Helmut Kohl from 1989 to 1998, and as Chairman of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria from 1988 to 1999. He is known as the as the father of the Euro, the European currency^[1]. He proposed the name of the currency in 1995, and played a vital role in its introduction as German Minister of Finance. In 2009, he was appointed Honorary Chairman of the CSU.

Waigel is a lawyer, and earned a doctorate in 1967. He was a member of the Bundestag from 1972 to 2002.

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• Theodor Waigel in the German National Library catalogue (German)

v • d • e Chairmen of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria Josef Müller (1946–1949) • Hans Ehard (1949–1955) • Hanns Seidel (1955–1961) • Franz Josef Strauss (1961–1988) • Theodor Waigel (1988–1999) • Edmund Stoiber (1999-2007) • Erwin Huber (2007–2008) • Horst Seehofer (since 2008)

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NAME	Waigel, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria party
DATE OF BIRTH	22 April 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ursberg
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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