Jürgen Stark

Jürgen Stark
Chief Economist of the European Central Bank
In office
1 June 2006  31 December 2011
PresidentJean-Claude Trichet
Mario Draghi
Preceded byOtmar Issing
Succeeded byPeter Praet
Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
In office
1 June 2006  31 December 2011
Preceded byOtmar Issing
Succeeded byJörg Asmussen
President of the Bundesbank
Acting
In office
16 April 2004  30 April 2004
Preceded byErnst Welteke
Succeeded byAxel A. Weber
Personal details
Born (1948-05-31) 31 May 1948
Gau-Odernheim, Germany
Political partyFree Democratic Party
EducationUniversity of Hohenheim
University of Tübingen

Jürgen Stark (born 31 May 1948 in Gau-Odernheim, Germany) is a German economist who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2006 to 2011 and concurrently as ECB chief economist. Within the Executive Board, he was responsible for Economics and for Monetary Analysis and resigned before expiration of his term in opposition to ECB's bond-buying programme.