Michael Peter Bruno (; 30 July 193226 December 1996) was an Israeli economist. He was governor of the Bank of Israel and a former World Bank Chief Economist.
Biography Michael Peter Bruno was married to Ofra Hanoch (née Hirshenberg), with whom he had three children, daughter Yael and sons Ido and Asa. He died of cancer at home in Jerusalem. He is survived by his second wife Netta (née Ben-Porath).
Awards and recognition In 1970, Bruno was appointed the Carl Melchior chair of international economics. In 1974, he was awarded the Rothschild Prize for Social Science. In 1994, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for economics.
Published works
See also List of Israel Prize recipients
References
Further reading
Daniel Maman and Zeev Rosenhek. 2011. The Israeli Central Bank: Political Economy, Global Logics and Local Actors, Routledge.
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