Heiner Flassbeck

• Chief Economist
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

1976, degree in Economics, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken; 1987, PhD in Economics. 1976-80, Collaborator, Council of Experts of Economic Development, Wiesbaden; 1980-86, Federal Ministry of Economics; 1986-88, Lecturer, Fachhochschule for Economics, Berlin; 1986-90, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin; 1990-98, Head, Department for Business Cycle and Forecasting, German Institute for Economic Research; since 1998, Secretary of State, Federal Ministry of Finance.