Hans Friderichs
Hans Friedrichs (born 16 October 1931 in Wittlich ) is a German politician ( FDP) and managers. He was from 1972 to 1977 Federal Minister of Economics.
Life and career
After graduation in 1950 Friedrichs graduated in law at Marburg, Graz and Mainz. In Marburg he became a member of the Corps Teutonia. He finished the training in 1959 with the second legal state examination. In 1957 his doctorate in law. He was then to 1963, Managing Director of Commerce and Industry Chamber of Rheinhessen Bingen.
After the murder of the CEO of Dresdner Bank, Jürgen Ponto by members of the RAF Friedrichs joined 1977 the Management Board of Dresdner Bank and served here from 1978 to 1985 as CEO. The direct exchange of the policy in the economy has been criticized - the former economy minister Fridrich had so suddenly around ten times higher salary than the German Chancellor.
In 1983, Friedrichs came into the twilight of the Flick donations affair. The magazine Der Spiegel had revealed that the Flick company had paid money to political parties and their related nonprofit organizations, without the payments to the tax office had been billed correctly. 1983 brought the prosecution case against him for corruption. When she 1985 an indictment for tax evasion nachschob, Friedrichs resigned as CEO. On February 16, 1987, the Bonn district court addressed him with an " acquittal third class " Although the charge of corruption free, but convicted him of tax evasion to a fine in the amount of 61,500 marks. The judges ruled that there was the "serious suspicions " that the Flick concern Friedrichs " the accused cash payments actually has sent ."
In his time as Chairman of the Board Minol AG 1992 Leuna affair fell. Friedrichs part of the supervisory boards of Goldman Sachs Investment Management of Leica Camera AG and Schneider Electric SA of. From November 2007 to May 2009 he was Chairman of the Board of adidas AG. In addition, he holds this office at the Allit plastics technology in Bad Kreuznach.
Friedrichs is Honorary Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation Town of Wittlich and member of the founding board, which was founded in Mainz in June 2005 Foundation Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck.
He is Chairman of the University Council of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and was also Chairman of the Higher Education Board of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. In the summer of 2006 failed the nomination for president of the university. Two of the three proposed candidates withdrew their candidacy early. The renewed proposal of the Board under chairmanship Friedrichs met with criticism because in turn used only external candidates and the Board of Trustees were also accused of student senators procedural errors.
On January 18, 2008, he received the honorary membership of the Junior Rhine - Hesse was awarded as part of its New Year Meeting in Mainz.
Party
Since 1956, Friedrichs is a member of the FDP. From 1963 to 1964 he was Deputy National Secretary. From 1964 to 1969, he was then the Federal Secretary of the FDP. From 1974 to 1977 he served as Deputy Chairman of the FDP.
Member of Parliament
By 1964, Friedrichs was a member of the District of Bingen and there from 1960 Chairman of the FDP. From 1965 to 1969 and from 1972 to 1977 he was a member of the German Bundestag.
Public offices
1969 Friedrichs was by then Rhineland- Palatinate Minister President appointed Dr. Helmut Kohl, State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Viticulture and Forestry of Rhineland- Palatinate and kept as representative of the FDP this office after the resignation of the FDP from the former CDU / FDP coalition the Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag still held after the CDU had won in the parliamentary elections in the spring of 1971 an absolute majority and the government presented alone.
After the general election in 1972, he was appointed on 15 December 1972 at the second cabinet of Chancellor Willy Brandt to the Federal Minister of Economics. This office he retained under the incumbent since 1974, Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. On 7 October 1977 Friedrichs was surprising to his office and joined the Executive Board of Dresdner Bank.