Economics
Hans Tietmeyer, Former Bundesbank President, Dies at Age 85
- German central-bank chief oversaw introduction of euro in 1999
- Negotiated German currency union after collapse of Berlin Wall
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Former Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer, the last guardian of the German mark and one of the architects of Europe’s single currency, has died. He was 85.
Tietmeyer died on Tuesday, the Bundesbank said in a statement, without providing the cause of death.