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The US-American economist Ben Bernanke is the chairman of the US Federal Reserve (Fed). During the political “era Bush”, he worked as the head of the Council of Economic Advisers, which is the most important economic-political adviser committee of the government. Since 2005 Bernanke has been the president of the central bank. Because of his good handling during the financial crisis, US- president Obama nominated him for a second mandate. In 2009, the TIME magazine named him “the person of the year”. In this list he reserves position four.