Famous People with Name Otmar

Otmar Issing            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Otmar Issing: a German economist, former member of the board of the Deutsche Bundesbank (1990-1998) and of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (1998-2006). He developed the 'two pillar' approach to monetary policy decision making that the ECB has adopted.

Otmar D. Wiestler            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Otmar D. Wiestler: is a German physician, a professor at the University of Heidelberg and director of the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ). He is not a typical basic scientist, but he successfully entered a number of highly popular fields of clinical research, including cancer research, tumor genetics and, more recently, stem cell research. He focuses on technology transfer of already existing technologies from basic science into clinical use, rather than developing the basic science itself.

Otmar Bernhard            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Otmar Bernhard: is a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He is a member of the Bavarian Landtag. From 2005 to 2007 he was Secretary of Health and from 2007 to 2008 was Bavarian State Minister for the Environment.