Hans Eichel
Hans Eichel ( born December 24, 1941 in Kassel, Germany ) is a German politician ( SPD). He was from 1975 to 1991 mayor of Kassel, 1991-1999 Prime Minister of Hesse, from 1 November 1998 to April 23, 1999 President of the Bundesrat and 1999-2005 Federal Minister of Finance.
Life and career
After graduation in 1961 at the Kassel Wilhelmsgymnasium glans began studying German literature, philosophy, political science, history and education at the University of Marburg and the Free University of Berlin, which he to the first and in 1970 graduated in 1968 with the second state examination for secondary school teaching. He was then to 1975 as a teacher in Kassel - also on Wilhelm Gymnasium - worked.
Acorn directs the Political Club of the Evangelical Academy in Tutzing and is a board member of the WMP Eurocom. Since August 27, 2012 Acorn also holds chaired the advisory board of the company LeihDeinerStadtGeld GmbH.
Acorn is since July 2005 in second marriage with Gabriela Wolff Acorn, born Wolff, married. From the first marriage (1983-1999) he has two children.
End of December 2013, suffered a stroke Hans Eichel, caused by a severe neck injury with two broken cervical vertebrae, the glans had recently sustained in a stair fall. A neck surgery joined with subsequent stay in a rehabilitation clinic. On March 18, 2014 Hans Eichel told by his stair fall and stroke in the Markus Lanz talk show on ZDF.
Party
Since 1964 Acorn is a member of the SPD. In 1969 he was elected to the national board of the Young Socialists, and was until 1972 the acting Chairperson. Since 1984 he is a member of the Hesse State Board. From 1989 to 2001 he was state chairman of the SPD Hesse. From 1991 to 2005 he served on the SPD's federal executive. From 1999 to 2005 he was a member of the board of the SPD.
Member of Parliament
From 1968 to 1975, Acorn member of the City Council of Kassel and there from 1970 Chairman of the SPD. Between the years 1991 and 1999 he was a member of the Hesse state parliament and from 2002 to 2009 Member of the German Bundestag.
2002 Acorn pulled a over the national list Hesse and 2005 with 50.6 % of first preference votes than directly elected representative of the constituency of Kassel in the Bundestag.
Public offices
1975-1999
On October 6, 1975, he was elected at the age of 33 years as mayor of Kassel. In this office he was confirmed in 1981 and 1987. In the exercise of this office he also belonged to three times the Supervisory Board of documenta.
In the state elections in 1991 the SPD was 40.8 % of the vote and a lead of 0.6 % of the votes of the CDU just the largest party and formed a coalition with the Greens. Acorn was therefore chosen on April 5, 1991 as the successor to Walter Wallmann (CDU ) as Prime Minister of Hesse. The " official residence " affair in 1993 and the "Lotto Affair " 1994 was acorn despite fierce criticism of alleged nepotism.
In the state elections in 1995 the SPD by 1.2 % of the vote behind the CDU fell with a score of 38.0% while under its leading candidate Manfred Kanther back; Hans Eichel, but could continue the coalition government due to the significant increase in votes for the Greens. The government of Prime Minister Eichel was thus the first red-green state government, which was re-elected and thus remained for two full parliamentary terms in office.
At the regional elections of 1999, finally, the red-green state government could not keep their majority because of heavy losses of the Greens (-3.0 %). On the other hand, significant gains were part of the CDU ( 4.2 %) among its leading candidate Roland Koch. Hans Eichel therefore resigned on 7 April 1999 from the Office.
Minister of Finance 1999-2005
Only five days later, Acorn entered on 12 April 1999 as successor to the retiring in March 1999 Oskar Lafontaine as the Federal Minister of Finance in led by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder government. His appointment was welcomed, among others, financial companies. He was regarded them as politically clear of related and there were of acorn " painful restructuring on the free market," says the Washington Post, expected.
In May 2000, he undertook a comprehensive tax reform, which contained, among other things, a substantial reduction of the corporate tax and tax exemption for the sale of blocks of shares and subsidiaries. According to the government statement, this should serve to boost the economy. Likewise acorn adopted several austerity measures on the state budget. In the PR glans was therefore called " budget commissioner ", it was designed in addition included a song about acorn and a lifestyle story for the magazine. The term " budget commissioner " was known, also found in many media use and popularity Eichels first increased significantly. After the tax reform, there was a decline in revenues. In 2000, the state took 23.6 billion euros a corporation of the corporation. In the year after the tax reform this revenue broke completely off and on balance, the tax had to instead pay to the company almost half a billion euros. Likewise, the economic situation deteriorated (eg rising unemployment ) and public debt rose sharply. Eichel's rise in popularity stopped by. As finance minister Eichel from 2003 also attempted to promote the financial markets in Germany by a deregulation of the capital requirements for loans.
On 18 October 2005, the day the constitution of the 16th German Bundestag, he was released along with the other federal ministers from office and charged simultaneously by Federal President Horst Köhler to carry out the duties until a new government. After the election of Angela Merkel as Chancellor he resigned on 22 November 2005 finally out of office.
German Association for the United Nations
He is a member of the Board of the German Society for the United Nations.
Cabinets
- Cabinet Schröder I - Cabinet Schröder II
- Acorn Cabinet I - Cabinet Acorn II
Others
Acorn sued or suing in court to a higher pension. For example, he complained to the Federal Administrative Court ( Federal Administrative Court ); he demanded of the city of Kassel for his time as a civil servant and Mayor (1975 to 1991) pension. At the time of the lawsuit, he was the former Minister of Finance 7100 euros per month as a pension. The Federal Administrative Court dismissed his suit back in November 2011: his current Minister board was " appropriate office " means the city of Kassel need him because of " avoiding over- supply " to pay no pension. In the event that the application had been successful, he would have received 6,350 euros more per month, or about 14,500 euros. The Taxpayers Association designated Eichels multiple claims as a good example of "how absurd and confusing is the current supply system in Germany ".