Gert Haller
Gert Haller ( born April 30, 1944 in Tübingen, † April 11, 2010 in Bremen ) was a German politician and manager. He was from 2006 to 2009 as Secretary of State and head of the Federal President of protocol highest ranking German officials.
Life
As the son of Economics professor and Secretary Heinz Haller - this worked from 1970 to 1972 under the Finance Minister Alex Möller in the preparation of tax reform - he studied economics in Berlin and Heidelberg. From 1970 to 1977 he was a research assistant at the Chair for Economic Policy at the Ruprecht -Karls- University of Heidelberg.
After receiving his doctorate in 1977 in Haller joined the Federal Ministry of Finance a. He most recently served as Secretary of State and personal representatives of the Chancellor to prepare for the World Economic Summit.
From 1 January 1993, he headed the Division IX of the Federal Ministry of Finance. Haller made here a significant contribution to the introduction of the European currency. On 1 January 1995 he moved into the private sector and was CEO at financial services group Wüstenrot & Württemberg. From early 2001 on, he was the Chairman of the Board and in this time critical proponent of merging the Wüstenrot group and the Württemberg insurance, which since then occur under the new name W & W.
From 1 March 2006 to 30 September 2009 Haller was the head of the Federal President in Berlin. Horst Köhler and Haller were friends in person. They knew each other since the time when they were both working under the Federal Finance Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg. Haller's successor in this position was Hans -Jürgen Wolff.
In addition to the political activity Haller was a member of since 1998 the Board of Scientific Book Company ( WBG ) and was its chairman from 2007. There he forced, among other things, the acquisition of the publisher Philip of Saverne and the audiobook publishing auditorium maximum. His successor in that office was provisionally Dieter Planck.
Haller died after a short severe illness in Bremen and was buried in Heidelberg. His death and the problems that occurred after leaving the Federal President, are cited as a reason for the resignation of President Koehler on May 31, 2010.
Criticism
Gert Haller worked as chief of the Federal President with the rank of Secretary of State, gave up a regular salary and instead worked for a symbolic euro. For his livelihood was his former employer, the financial group on Wüstenrot & Württemberg AG, involved a pension from the Haller after his resignation as CEO. The publicist and former SPD politician Albrecht Müller criticized the fact that the insurance industry in Haller a representative had the Federal President, the disponer due to its position on the possibility, as an advocate of funded private pensions (see " retirement " ) to influence decision-makers.