Hans-Joachim Caesar (17 May 1905 – after 1980) was a German lawyer and banking official, working for the German Reichsbank from 1931 until the end of World War II. He was director of Germany's Reichsbank during World War II and basically served as "second-in-line" to Vice President Emil Puhl. From 1940 to 1944 Caesar served as German Banking Administrator / Comptroller ( "Bankenkommissar" ) for France in Paris.