Dr. Arno Bäcker President of the Regional Office in Hamburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein
1961
Born in Isenburg (county of Neuwied), married, one child
1983 -1985
Trainee at Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft AG, Koblenz
1985 -1991
Degree in economics from Heidelberg University and the University of Bonn
1996
Awarded doctorate (Dr rer pol) by Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg
1991 - 1995
European Division, Department for International Monetary Issues, Organisations and Agreements; Deutsche Bundesbank
1995 - 1997
Advisor to the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in Brussels
1997 – 1999
Office for Monetary Policy Issues, Economics Department, Deutsche Bundesbank
1999 – 2003
Representative of the Deutsche Bundesbank and financial attaché at the German embassy in Rome
2004
Division for International Monetary Issues, IMF and Multilateral Development Banks, Deutsche Bundesbank
2004 – 2006
Seconded national expert at the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the European Commission
2006 – 2010
Specialist in the International Monetary and Economic Trends Division and the International and Euro-Area Macroeconomic Analysis Division, Deutsche Bundesbank
2010 – 2013
Deputy Head of the Secretariat for European Affairs
2013 – 2016
Head of the Secretariat for European Affairs
Since 2017
President of the Regional Office in Hamburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein