Born in 1939, Onno Ruding served as the Minister of Finance of The Netherlands, for the Christian Democratic Party (CDA) from November 1982 until November 1989.  He first became a Director of Citicorp in July 1990 and was, effective March 1, 1992, appointed Vice Chairman of Citicorp in July 1990 and was, effective March 1, 1992, appointed Vice Chairman of Citicorp/Citibank in New York. He retired on September 30, 2003.  In January 2002, he became Chairman of the Board of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels, the largest independent think-tank in Europe addressing subjects related to European Integration.

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