Ex-Staatssekretär von Habeck: Philipp Nimmermann wird erster Grüner im Bundesbank-Vorstand
Vom Staatssekretär zum Bundesbank-Vorstand: Philipp Nimmermann bringt Erfahrung aus Energiepolitik und Finanzplatzförderung mit. Auch unter Ex-Wirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck war er im Einsatz.
Former German Economics Secretary of State Philipp Nimmermann will become the first Green politician to join the Bundesbank Executive Board. The Bundesrat has voted in the 60-year-old economist as a successor to Burkhard Balz, who left the central bank at the end of August. The Finance Committee had previously recommended the Bundesrat to appoint Nimmermann as Balz's replacement.
The scope of Nimmermann's responsibilities within the six-member board of the Deutsche Bundesbank has yet to be determined by the bank's executives upon his start in Frankfurt. The economist, who served as Staatssekretär in three different ministries, most recently as of 2023-2025 in the Federal Ministry of Economics under Minister Robert Habeck (Green), with responsibility for energy and climate policy, will have his official duties outlined once he takes up his new role.
Born in Berlin and raised in Frankfurt, Nimmermann's first political role was as the head of the Green-led Finance Ministry in Schleswig-Holstein from 2014 to 2019. Prior to his political career, Nimmermann spent 15 years working at the BHF Bank in Frankfurt, later rising to become its Chief Economist. The Bundesbank Executive Board consists of six members, with each member being appointed by the federal government and the states.
In this case, Baden-Württemberg had the right to propose the candidates, and the term of office for the board members is set at eight years.
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