Presidents
In its more than 100-year history, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy has always been significantly influenced by its directors and presidents. They formed the Institute so that its researchers were able to work on current global economic issues and to take up scientific trends. They themselves were usually very visible and often formative figures in the economic policy debate in Germany.
Directors and Presidents of the Institute
![Bernhard Harms Bernhard Harms](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/d/csm_Bernhard_Harms_Praesidenten_des_Instituts_d484fd23fd.jpg)
![Jens Jessen Jens Jessen](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/5/csm_Jens_Jessen_Praesidenten_des_Instituts_1b01a3010c.jpg)
Jens Jessen
Director of the Institute
May/September 1933 — February 1934
![Andreas Predöhl Andreas Predöhl](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/3/csm_Andreas_Predoehl_Praesidenten_des_Instituts_16a8b48406.jpg)
Andreas Predöhl
Director of the Institute
March 1934 — November 1945
![Fritz Baade Fritz Baade](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/0/csm_Fritz_Baade_Praesidenten_des_Instituts_e0791a4bb5.jpg)
Fritz Baade
Director of the Institute
April 1948 — March 1961
![Erich Schneider Erich Schneider](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/a/csm_Erich_Schneider_Praesidenten_des_Instituts_41d601afea.jpg)
Erich Schneider
Director of the Institute
April 1961 — December 1968
![Herbert Giersch Herbert Giersch](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/9/csm_Prof._Herbert_Giersch__Kiel_56.376__7fd18e7126.jpg)
Herbert Giersch
President of the Institute
January 1969 – March 1989
![Horst Siebert](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/b/csm_Horst_Siebert_14_Nov_2001__C_Bundesregierung_Bernd_Kuehler_2123a6d375.jpg)
Horst Siebert
President of the Institute
April 1989 — March 2003
![Dennis Snower Dennis J. Snower](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/7/csm_Dennis_Snower_Praesidenten_des_Instituts_308d0cca32.jpg)
Dennis J. Snower
President of the Institute
October 2004 — February 2019
Gabriel Felbermayr
President of the Institute
March 2019 — September 2021