Thilo Sarrazin
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• He previously served as senator of finance for the State of Berlin from January 2002 until April 2009, when he was appointed to his position at Bundesbank
• He became well-known worldwide after making controversial remarks on Jewish genetics, leading to a media frenzy resulting in his resignation from the Executive Board
• In his 2010 book Deutschland schafft sich ab ("Germany abolishes itself"), the best selling book on politics by a German-language author in a decade, he denounces the failure of Germany's post-war immigration policy, sparking a nationwide controversy about the costs and benefits of multiculturalism
• In 2012 another book by Sarrazin was published, Europa braucht den Euro nicht ("Europe doesn't need the euro")
• The book argues that the introduction of a single currency in Europe was a bad idea and should be overturned