André Schmitz

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André Schmitz at the ceremony for the Georg Elser memorial on November 8, 2011

André Schmitz (actually Andreas Hans Gert Schmitz-Schwarzkopf ; born August 19, 1957 in Oberhausen ) is a German politician ( SPD ) and former cultural state secretary of Berlin.

Origin and education

After attending elementary school in Oberhausen and high school in Hamburg ( Abitur 1977) studied Schmitz at the Universities of Hamburg , Bonn and Cologne Law and graduated in 1984 with the first legal state examination in Cologne and 1988 with the second in Hamburg from.

There Schmitz developed a close relationship with Pauline Schwarzkopf, the widow of the entrepreneur Heinz Schwarzkopf from the Schwarzkopf industrial family , and was later adopted by her. However, he does not use his double name Schmitz-Schwarzkopf and makes little use of it in public. As CEO of the Schwarzkopf Foundation , he trades as André Schmitz-Schwarzkopf.

He is a practicing Evangelical Lutheran Christian .

job

From 1988 to 1990 Schmitz was the personal advisor to the Second Mayor and Senator for Culture of Hamburg, Ingo von Münch . This was followed by a position as administrative director of the Hildesheim city theater until 1992 and as administrative director of the Volksbühne Berlin until 1997 . From 1997 Schmitz was managing director and since December 2000 at the same time acting director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin .

Public offices

Head of the Berlin Senate Chancellery (2001-2006)

From June 2001 to November 2006 Schmitz was State Secretary and Head of the Senate Chancellery of the State of Berlin .

Berlin State Secretary for Culture (2006-2014)

From November 2006 to February 2014 he was Berlin State Secretary for Culture and managed this area largely independently under the political responsibility of the Governing Mayor . He was therefore directly responsible for a culture budget of around 371 million euros, one of the largest in Europe. Indirectly, it decisively determined the further cultural donations from the federal government and the EU as well as the other federal states, among others within the framework of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation .

During his time as State Secretary, numerous directors of Berlin cultural institutions who are still active today were appointed. In 2006 he appointed Ulrich Khoun to the Berliner Ensemble, 2007 Berndt Schmidt to the Friedrichstadt-Palast , 2010 Jürgen Flimm to the State Opera and Thomas Köhler to the Berlinische Galerie , 2012 Dietmar Schwarz to the Deutsche Oper , Shermin Langhoff to the Maxim Gorki Theater and Annemie Vanackere to the Berlin Hebbel am Ufer . Schmitz was also one of the initiators of the internationally acclaimed “Diversity Destroyed” theme year in 2013. In 2014 he was elected “Cultural Manager of the Year”.

Even before his official job as Berlin State Secretary for Culture due to tax evasion, Schmitz came under public criticism because of the lack of a contract extension and the dispute with the artistic director of the Berlin State Ballet Vladimir Malakhov . Tip magazine voted him several times among the most embarrassing Berliners of the year.

André Schmitz 2013 at a memorial event for the resistance fighters against National Socialism Arvid and Mildred Harnack with the US Ambassador John B. Emerson and two Harnack granddaughters

Schmitz was considered a political confidante of the governing mayor Klaus Wowereit .

tax evasion

In February 2014 it became known that Schmitz had evaded taxes totaling around 22,000 euros for several years. During tax investigations in 2012, an account for 425,000 euros was discovered at the Swiss bank Credit Suisse , the profits of which were not taxed. At the end of 2012, the proceedings were discontinued on payment of a fine of 5000 euros. Schmitz's superior Wowereit is said to have known about it since the beginning of the investigation. On February 18, 2014, Schmitz was put into temporary retirement as a political official .

Memberships and (honorary) offices

Formerly professional positions as State Secretary

Awards

Web links

Commons : André Schmitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.morgenpost.de
  2. ↑ www.schwarzkopf-stiftung.de ( Memento from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Organigram of the cultural administration ( memento of February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) in: Berlin.de , as of August 2012 (PDF; 23 kB), accessed on October 30, 2012
  4. ↑ Press release Causales - Society for Culture Marketing and Culture Sponsoring mbH
  5. ↑ Account in Switzerland: SPD State Secretary admits tax evasion. In: Spiegel Online . February 3, 2014, accessed December 14, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Florian Gathmann: State Secretary with black money account: Wowereits tax evaders problem. In: Spiegel Online . February 3, 2014, accessed December 14, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Press release of the Berlin Senate , February 18, 2014.
  8. ↑ Board of Directors. In: Schwarzkopf-Stiftung.de .
  9. ↑ Board of Directors. In: Mendelssohn-Gesellschaft.de .
  10. ↑ Board of Directors. In: Freunde-SBB.de .
  11. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p CV at the Schwarzkopf Foundation.
  12. ^ Website of the Julius Stern Institute.
  13. ^ Website of the Berlin Community Foundation.
  14. ↑ Board of Directors. ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: Inge-Deutschkron-Stiftung.de .
  15. ↑ Imprint ( memento of May 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) of the Georg Kolbe Museum website.
  16. ^ Website of the Götz Friedrich Prize.
  17. ↑ Gustav Heinemann Citizen Prize. In: SPD.de .
  18. ^ Website of the Cornelsen Cultural Foundation.
  19. ^ Board. In: Jewish-Voice-from-Germany.de .
  20. ^ Website of the association.
  21. ^ Website of the association.
  22. ^ Website ( memento of June 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) of the society.
  23. ↑ Flyer about the foundation. PDF. In: Stadtmuseum.de .
  24. ↑ Committees. ( Memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: Kammeroper-Schloss-Rheinsberg.de .
  25. ^ Website ( memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) of the Friends' Association.
  26. ^ Website of the Stadtmuseum Berlin Foundation
  27. ↑ KPM. Luxury brand establishes foundation . In: Berlin economy. The magazine of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry , issue 6, 2016, p. 48.
  28. ^ Website of the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
  29. ^ Foundation website .
  30. ↑ Christine Richter : State Secretary for Culture becomes honorary doctor in New York. (No longer available online.) In: Berliner Zeitung . May 8, 2007, archived from the original on March 8, 2016 ; Retrieved February 3, 2014 .
  31. ↑ Probably the largest cultural budget in the world. In: Nachtkritik.de , November 1, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Schmitz, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberhausen