Karl-Heinz Schröter

Karl -Heinz Schröter ( born October 26, 1954 in Frankfurt ( Oder) ) is a German politician ( SPD). He is District Administrator of the Upper Havel (Land Brandenburg) and was a member of the twelfth German Bundestag.

Life

Karl -Heinz Schröter was born on 26 October 1954 in Frankfurt ( Oder). After attending the Polytechnic High School and the Advanced High School in 1973, he received the Abitur. Subsequently, he served until 1975 his military service. Schröter studied at Rostock University and graduated in 1980 as a graduate engineer in agricultural engineering from. He then until 1990 worked in the agricultural engineering maintenance, most recently as technical head of the people owned farm animal production Berlin. Schröter is Catholic, married and has two children. He lives in Hohen Neuendorf and marathon runner.

Policy

Schröter in 1989 member of the Social Democratic Party in the GDR, today Social Democratic Party of Germany ( SPD), and a year later became chairman of the SPD Kreisverbands Oranienburg. In May 1990, Schröter was elected District President of Oranienburg. From 1990 to 1994 he was also a member of the German Bundestag as a directly elected representative of the constituency Oranienburg - Nauen. In 1994, Schröter District Administrator of the newly formed Upper Havel and Chairman of the Association of District of Brandenburg and Vice President of the German Association of District Councils. 2001, he was re-elected as District Administrator.

With regard to a possible reorganization of the federal territory located Schröter called for the creation of a large north -eastern state in 2000. This should be made ​​up of the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg- Western Pomerania and Saxony -Anhalt with Schwerin as its capital. 2006 Schröter has been considered a candidate for the office of Chairman of the Brandenburg SPD, from the Matthias Platzeck retired at that time. In Brandenburg education Schröter 2007 as a key reform demanded greater decentralization of school policy. The communities as carriers of the schools should also consider the staff responsible for the teachers receive, which is so far in the country. As part of the construction of the Berlin Brandenburg International Airport pleaded Schröter 2008 for keeping open the threatened closure of the airport Berlin -Tegel. Otherwise, he feared disadvantages for economic development Upper Havel.

In November 2009, Schröter was re-elected by the council as a district administrator. His new eight -year term began in March 2010. Fractions of CDU, SPD and FDP had previously rejected a motion in council to use an option of the Brandenburg municipal constitution and let the new district directly elected by the citizens. Some group members expressed, a direct dial them was too risky. Schröter himself had described the discussion on direct election of county councilors in Brandenburg as completely superfluous, 2007.