Georg Brunnhuber

Georg Brunnhuber ( born February 18, 1948 in Oberkochen ) is a former German politician of the CDU. He was from 1990 to 2009 Member of the German Bundestag. Since 2011 he is chief lobbyist for the Deutsche Bahn AG, where he was previously around four years a member of the Supervisory Board.

Life and career

Brunnhuber left the Peutinger High School in Ellwangen on the Jagst in an intermediate certificate, and then did an apprenticeship as a carpenter, which he finished with the journeyman's certificate. He then attended the College of Engineering in Stuttgart, where he graduated in 1972 as Diplom-Ingenieur ( FH) for Architecture and Building Construction with a focus on urban planning. He then did his military service and then worked as a county government building officer and later as head of the Planning Office, as well as a business representative of the Alb circle.

Georg Brunnhuber is married and has two daughters.

Party

Brunnhuber was 1981-2001 Chairman of the CDU district association Ostalb. He is also chairman of the transport committee of the SME and Business Association (MIT) of the CDU / CSU.

Member of Parliament

From 1990 to 2009 Brunnhuber was the successor of Manfred Abelein Member of the German Bundestag. He was chairman of the CDU / CSU Group in the Committee of Transport, Building and Housing and deputy transport spokesman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group. Brunnhuber was also chairman of the region Baden -Württemberg in the CDU / CSU parliamentary group. From 2005 Brunnhuber was as spokesman for all CDU - country group chairman to the Executive Group Management Board. In addition, he headed from 1994 to the German - Austrian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Georg Brunnhuber is always as directly elected representative of the constituency Aalen - drawn Heidenheim in the Bundestag. In the 2005 federal election he reached here 49.9 percent of the primary vote.

In the 2009 federal election he no longer went to. His successor in the Bundestag was Roderich Kiesewetter ( CDU), who was able to unite 45 percent of the primary vote on at the general election in September 2009.

Activity for the German Bahn AG

Georg Brunnhuber was from 1 July 2006 (as successor by Margareta Wolf) to 24 March 2010 Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bahn AG.

In March 2010 it was announced that Brunnhuber political adviser Grube should be.

From 2010 he was a political representative of the CEO Rüdiger Grube. On 1 January 2011 he became head of the economics, politics and regulation and, as such, the chief lobbyist for the company. The department employs 45 people (as of 2014).

According to information Brunn Huber's contract to the end of 2012 would have expired. Deutsche Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube asked him, given the Bundestag election in 2013 to extend his contract until the end of 2013, what had happened. As the end of 2013 decided a successor, his contract was extended until the end of March 2014.

Awards

• 2001: Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 2010: Large Silver Medal with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 2010: Order of Merit of the State of Baden -Württemberg