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the , from left : hjalmar schacht , blessing , emil german puhl , von wedel representative in the transfer commission , 1934 25 april 1971 enzweihingen president of the deutsche bundesbank 5 february 1900 1958 bundesarchiv bild 183-h29131 , reichsbank , sitzung der transferkommission.jpg karl blessing
 1969 karl blessing de handelshochschule berlin
karl blessing

karl blessing -lrb- 5 february 1900 -- 25 april 1971 -rrb- was a german banker .
it was proposed that he would have been the minister of economics or president of the reichsbank if the 20 july plot to kill adolf hitler had succeeded .
he was also president of the deutsche bundesbank from 1958 to 1969 .
he was born in württemberg , joined the reichsbank in 1920 and graduated in business administration in 1925 .
in 1929 he became an assistant to reichsbank president hjalmar schacht and in 1934 he was seconded to the reich ministry of economics .
he became a member of the executive board of the reichsbank in 1937 but was dismissed in february 1939 along with other board members for criticising nazi economic policy .
he was not arrested by the gestapo after the 20 july plot failed .
they were unaware that he would have been named minister of economics .
shortly after retiring as president of the deutsche bundesbank blessing died in rasteau , france aged 71 .
his grandson , martin blessing , is ceo of the german commerzbank .
