Bernd-Rüdiger Balda

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Bernd-Rüdiger Balda (born October 24, 1939 in Berlin ) is a German dermatologist and former head of the Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital Augsburg for many years . The now retired chief physician made headlines when he was convicted of unofficial false testimony in 2007.

Career

Born in Groß Glienicke near Berlin, Balda began his medical studies in 1957 at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald and finished it in 1963 at the Philipps University of Marburg . In 1965 he became the Free University of Berlin after defending his dissertation Bronchiectasis in pathomorphological view to Dr. med. PhD . In the next few years he dealt with experimental medicine. He was initially employed at the Institute of Pathology at the Free University of Berlin, later at the Institute for Human Genetics at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and at the Institute for Pharmacology at the Free University of Berlin. The then director of the dermatological clinic at the University of Munich, Otto Braun-Falco , made it possible for the young scientist to set up a molecular biology laboratory. In collaboration with high-ranking institutions such as the Institute of Cancer Research at Columbia University in New York or the Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, he continued his experimental research, but also acquired specialist certification in dermatology and venereology and completed his habilitation in this subject. This was followed by the appointment as senior physician, then as chief senior physician in dermatology, and finally as ao. Professor at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1982 he was appointed director of the Department of Dermatology and Allergology in Augsburg . Balda distinguished itself in particular through its outstanding knowledge in the field of molecular biology.

Max Strauss Trial

Shortly before his retirement, it emerged that he had put the Augsburg cleaning technology company Böwe in contact with the politician Max Strauss at the end of the 1980s . With the help of Strauss, the economically troubled company received subsidies of 1.3 million marks from the Bavarian Ministry of the Environment. For the success of the subsidy application, Böwe paid a total commission of 190,000 marks. This was entered into an anonymous Swiss numbered account belonging to Balda. In the trial of Max Strauss, who was accused of tax evasion, in February 2007, Balda, who was summoned as a witness, denied that he knew anything about commissions and that he had mediated Max Strauss as a lobbyist. On behalf of the Böwe company, he withdrew the 190,000 marks in cash and handed it over to a man he did not know at an agreed meeting point. The public prosecutor, who did not believe these statements, started investigations against Balda. These eventually led to an indictment, trial and, in October 2008, a conviction for unofficial false testimony. The sentence was one year imprisonment on probation and 150,000 euros in cash.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.sueddeutsche.de - Strauss trial witness incriminates Max Strauss
personal data
SURNAME Balda, Bernd-Rüdiger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dermatologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin