Jörg Asmussen
Jörg Asmussen | |
|---|---|
| Permanent State Secretary for the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs | |
| In office 8 January 2014 – 2018 | |
| Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank | |
| In office 1 January 2012 – 8 January 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Jürgen Stark |
| Succeeded by | Sabine Lautenschläger |
| State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance | |
| In office 2008–2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 October 1966 Flensburg, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Education | Bocconi University University of Bonn |
Jörg Asmussen (born 31 October 1966) is a German economist and politician who served as State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance from 2008 to 2011 and Parliamentary State Secretary for the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs from 2014 to 2016. He has been serving as Chief Executive Officer of the German Insurance Association (GDV) since 2020.
Asmussen served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 2012 to 2014. He also served in the German federal government, most prominently as State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs from 2014 to 2016 and the Federal Ministry of Finance from 2008 to 2011. Asmussen has been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDP) since 1987.
After leaving the government, Asmussen joined the investment bank Lazard in 2016 as managing director in financial advisory and rose to head of M & A for Europe and head of the Financial Institutions Group for Continental Europe.