German Government Chooses Joachim Nagel to Head Central Bank

German Government Chooses Joachim Nagel to Head Central Bank
Then Bundesbank board member Joachim Nagel at the annual press conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Feb. 24, 2016. Michael Probst/AP Photo
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BERLIN—The new German government has chosen an experienced central banker and former board member of Germany’s state-owned development bank to head the country’s central bank, the finance minister said Monday.

Joachim Nagel will succeed Jens Weidmann, who announced in October that he would step down at the end of the year after a decade as the Bundesbank’s president, citing personal reasons.