Reinhard Klimmt

He was from 1998 to 1999 Minister-President of Saarland and 1999-2000 Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Housing.

Life and career

Klimmt grew up in Engter near Osnabrück. He made his Abitur at the Ernst Moritz Arndt Gymnasium in Osnabrück. There he trained as a cellist during his school days at the Conservatory. After high school he studied at the University of Saarland history.

Klimmt has worked as author and columnist in the field of literature. He is married and has three children and four grandchildren. He is a member of P.E.N. - Center of German-speaking authors abroad and in the Saarland Künstlerhaus.

For several decades Klimmt collects traditional African art and entered since 2002 also increased as a collector to the public. His collection was exhibited at various places in Germany and, most recently under the auspices of Gerhard Schröder in St. Petersburg in Russia. Critics assume that the collection of copies and fakes bein think what Klimmt denies relying on scientific advice.

Party

Klimmt is a member of the SPD since 1964 and has held a variety of offices. Between 1970 and 1975 he was chairman of the Young Socialists Saarland from 1976 to 1996 Chairman of the SPD Saarbrücken. The party executive of the SPD, he belonged to 1991-2001. In 1990, he led the election campaign for Oskar Lafontaine.

He was from 1979 to 2002 a member of the Media Committee of the Party, from 1986 he was the Vice Chairman from 1990 to 1999 Chairman. He was also a member of the Basic Programme Commission, which drew up the Hamburg Programme of 2007.

He was elected as the successor of Oskar Lafontaine to the state chairman of the SPD Saarland in 1996. He resigned from this position in 2000 in consequence of his resignation as Minister of Transport back. Since 2008 he has been Vice President of SaarLorLux International, a federation of social democratic and socialist parties in Lorraine, Luxembourg, Wallonia, the German-speaking Community of Belgium, in Rhineland -Palatinate and Saarland.

Member of Parliament

Reinhard Klimmt from 1975 to 1999, for the SPD Member of the Saarland Landtag, and here from 1985 to 1998 chairman of the parliamentary group of the ruling by absolute majority SPD.

From 1979 to 1982 he was deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. His focus was on education policy, especially in vocational education and in the media policy. His particular interest was the cross-border cooperation with France and Lorraine.

Public offices

1998 Klimmt Prime Minister of Saarland, Oskar Lafontaine after joining as Minister of Finance in Bonn. His office he lost in 1999 after the state election to the election winner Peter Müller ( CDU).

Gerhard Schröder called him on 29 September 1999 as Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Housing as the successor of Franz Müntefering in his cabinet.

On the evening of November 15, 2000 Klimmt resigned as Federal Minister of Transport. Previously, the District Court Trier had issued a penal fee of 90 daily ( 27,000 DM) due to embezzlement, which he accepted. The penalty order was issued as President of the Saarland Football Club 1.FC Saarbrücken because of questionable financial transactions under Klimmts volunteering. The banks had the club conceded an extension of the overused lines of credit only on the condition that Klimmt would be president of the association, which accepted this, otherwise the club would have had to go into bankruptcy. Klimmt had then signed in the early days of his tenure at the 1 FC Saarbrücken negotiated by his predecessor sponsorship agreements with Caritas Trägergesellschaft Trier. Climbs later admitted to have the contracts not been adequately tested.

In the course of the affair Klimmt was also placed adopting valuable book presents the load.

His successor in the office of the Federal Transport Minister Kurt Bodewig was previously Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transport.

Honorary Appointments

  • Chairman of the Board of Academic Foundation Saar
  • Chairman of the National Association of Saarland in the German Library Association ( dbv )
  • Chairman of the Cultural Association Burbach
  • Chairman of the Foundation Board of democracy, Saarbrücken
  • Member of the board of trustees of situation art, Bochum
  • Member of the Advisory Board of the publisher Gollenstein - publishing

Works (selection)

  • In this limit I live. The seven chapters of affection, Gollenstein Verlag 2004, ISBN 3935731477
  • Everywhere and anywhere. From the world of books, Gollenstein Verlag 2006, ISBN 3938823186
  • Habari Africa, beauty and magic in African art, Gollenstein Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-938823-70-5
  • On the right track with the Greater Region. For a renaissance of rail in SaarLorLux. Nomos 2010, ISBN 978-3-8329-6064-3 With Werner Matthias Ried.
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