Oliver Wittke

Oliver Wittke (* September 24, 1966 in Marl ) is a German politician of the CDU. The Geographer from 1999 to 2004, the first directly elected Mayor of the city of Gelsenkirchen and then on June 24, 2005 to March 3, 2009 Minister of Construction and Transport of North Rhine -Westphalia in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jürgen Rüttgers. He was a member from 1995 to 1999 and from 2007 to 2010 the Parliament of North Rhine - Westphalia. From 2010 to 2012, he was Secretary General of the CDU Regional Association of North Rhine -Westphalia. Since 2012 he is again a member of the Landtag of North Rhine -Westphalia. In the general election in 2013, Oliver Wittke entered as a candidate of the CDU in the constituency in 123 ( Gelsenkirchen) and pulling one over # 10 in the country list in the German Bundestag.

  • 4.1 Transport Policy 4.1.1 Road Traffic
  • 4.1.2 Rail transport
  • 5.1 by the Green party because of Panini football pictures

Background and education

Oliver Wittke completed his schooling at the Leibniz -Gymnasium in his home town of Gelsenkirchen in the Buer district. After his military service in the Bundeswehr in food and Barnstorf he studied geography and economics at the Ruhr- University Bochum ( Diplom - geographer ). He lives with his family in Gelsenkirchen.

Political and Professional Career

Wittke came in 1982 with the CDU. From 1989 to 1995 he was a member of the Council of the City of Gelsenkirchen. From 1990 to 1996 he was chairman of the Junge Union in the Ruhr area. From 1992 to 2008 he was Deputy Chairman of the CDU Ruhr. Since 2008 he has been its chairman. Wittke from 1994 to 1999 as an assistant to a development agency. From 1995 to 1999 he was a member of the Landtag of North Rhine -Westphalia, where he belonged to the group executive of the CDU. Between 1999 and 2004 he was the first directly elected Mayor of the city of Gelsenkirchen, at the same time the youngest and the first CDU mayor of the city. From February to May 2005 was Wittke department head at the Montan real estate company in Essen. From 2001 to 2010 he was deputy chairman of the CDU North Rhine -Westphalia. In 2005, he became Minister of Construction and Transport of North Rhine -Westphalia, which he remained until March 3, 2009. In 2007 he enlisted as a successor for the late Wolfgang Aßbrock in the Diet after, but resigned again in 2010 out of the parliament, because the country list " not moved " due to the poor CDU election result.

Oliver Wittke was flashed in November 2008 in Meschede- Olpe ( ⊙ 51.3521111111118.1685 ) in town at 109 km / h and had his license for two months leave and pay a fine. The offense Wittkes led to fierce public criticism and calls for his resignation, the Wittke initially rejected. After the WDR subsequently revealed that Wittke had also been deprived of in his time as mayor of Gelsenkirchen for a speeding violation on the A 2 in Herten for a month of driving license, Wittke occurred on 11 February 2009 from his office. He said in a statement that he could no longer fulfill its role model.

Wittke remained member of parliament and resigned in the summer of 2009 in the management of Hellmich group of companies in Duisburg. As a result of the reorganization of the human NRW CDU after going into opposition suggested the designated CDU chairwoman and Rüttgers successor Röttgen Wittke ago as a new Secretary General. On November 6, 2010, the 32nd state convention of the CDU NRW elected him to this office. He thus became the successor of Andreas Krautscheid and gave his work at Hellmich on.

In the preferred NRW state election 13 May 2012 Wittke took over the national list (4th place ) back into the parliament.

On January 17, Wittke was set up as a candidate for election to the German Bundestag in Constituency 123 ( Gelsenkirchen).

His political focus is on the economic, energy, construction and transport policy.

Local Politics

In the term of office as mayor Wittke brought a large number of projects on the way: the renovation of Schloss Berge, the conversion of the getting on in years Ruhr zoos in the ZOOM Adventure World, the construction of the new synagogue, the refurbishment of the main station Gelsenkirchen and the indoor pool Buer were included, such as the expansion of riparian and Vincke the road and the construction of the A42 connection.

Hans -Sachs -Haus in Gelsenkirchen

In 2001, Wittke as mayor of Gelsenkirchen a PPP contract for the rehabilitation of monument Hans -Sachs -Haus from, which was described by critics as unfavorable and lossy. The topic was also discussed at the municipal election debate in 2004, in particular the SPD candidate and later Mayor Frank Baranowski criticized the project under the slogan "Millions grave Hans -Sachs -Haus". The contracts have been canceled in the meantime by the new mayor by accepting substantial costs. Thus, a smaller new building is being built behind the historic facade. As at that time minister responsible Wittke has thereby pledged a financial assistance of the country. This means that the country is now involved in a project for which the predecessor State Government would be no funding commitments.

Country's politics

Transport policy

Wittke Minister himself described his transport policy often referred to as " non-ideological ". Because of his deeds but this was doubted by critics and railway enthusiasts. So he left as one of his first official acts, the publication of the largely completed by the previous government integrated comprehensive transportation planning ( IGVP ) stop and undergo the work of a revaluation. Organizations and affected communities criticized, it was a one-sided shift of the reviews at the expense of rail projects after partially transparent criteria occurred. This also characterized Wittkes party colleague, the Cologne district president Hans Peter Lindlar, as " serious criticism ", which justifies the work done in the regional councils amendments.

Road

Minister Wittke campaigned for a general ban on overtaking for trucks. At the federal level, he planned to raise the minimum allowable speed for trucks on motorways from 60 to 80 kilometers per hour. He wanted to prevent with this initiative, the so-called " elephant race ," which often lead to accidents and traffic jams.

A planned increase in the fines for petty traffic offenses designated Wittke as " rip-off ".

Rail transport

Wittke has spoken out as Transport Minister repeatedly against rail construction projects and reactivations in North Rhine -Westphalia, since Wittkes office, the funds were greatly reduced for the expansion of rail infrastructure. So he spoke out against the resumption of the 175 -year-old rail line Antwerp -Duisburg ( Iron Rhine ) for international freight. Wittke explained that the historical route is no longer up to date. The protection of local residents would not be taken into account, since houses are built too close to the track. Instead, other alternatives would be considered. The state government proposed later to build a new route along the A52.

In early 2005 expressed Wittke the intention to shut down the Oleftalbahn and Wiehltalbahn. Contrast, railroad enthusiasts protested in the Eifel and in the Bergische Land. Both routes on which take place on summer weekends trips with steam trains and rail buses, are particularly popular with tourists, excursionists and railway enthusiasts. In early 2006, he renewed his criticism of the Wiehltalbahn and talked about the construction of new railway level crossings on the route of a " staircase wit of the city's history ."

Because of his attitude on the railways in the state criticize some associations, railway enthusiasts and the weekly newspaper Die Zeit Wittke as " seemed hostile".

Renewable Energies

The political goal of red-green wind power Wittke commented after the commencement of the ministerial office with the words "This is the first thing we'll destroy. That was ideology and ideology, that was before ". As mayor of Gelsenkirchen, he organized an " Air Tour" with a developed in Gelsenkirchen driven by fuel cell bicycle.

Criticism of staff plans

In September 2007, Wittke intend the job of Managing Director of state-owned Wohnungsbauförderungsanstalt (EFC ) to be filled with a Duz and party colleague, former director of the Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen Matthias Klein. This brought him in Parliament and in the media a massive criticism. Klein's suitability for the post was questioned and Wittke suspected of trying to lift a friend's office. On September 19, Wittke was questioned in Parliament to do so. He expressed himself with: " I ​​was aware that I know Mr. Klein. "

On October 17, Klein compared in a common parliament in email reporting the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung " Forward - methods ". Due to the then incipient criticism he pulled his application for managing items back.

Anecdotes and antics

The Green party because of Panini football pictures

Ahead of the soccer World Cup in Germany, in May 2006, Minister Wittke noticed as he exchanged with the deputies Holger Müller during a current hour to Hartz IV legislation in Düsseldorf parliament Panini Football thumbs arranged and in a collector's book einklebte. This and his subsequent reaction that it already should be left to the ministers on which issues they were " devoutly that," the MP Sylvia Löhrmann prompted ( Alliance 90/The Greens ) to an interpellation in parliament. Then answered Jürgen Rüttgers that the request because of " manifest lack of humor on the part of MPs Sylvia Löhrmann " can not be answered, especially not in times of football 's World Cup.

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