Bernhard Heitzer
Bernhard Heitzer (born March 28, 1949 in Regensburg ) is a German economist and former government official. From 2004 to 2007 he was President of the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control , from April 2007 to November 2009 President of the Federal Cartel Office and from 2009 to 2014 State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi).
Life
Bernhard Heitzer studied economics at the University of Regensburg from 1968 to 1973 . He then became an assistant at the chair for theoretical economics at Bielefeld University . In 1976 he received his doctorate in economics and social sciences.
In 1977 he joined the Federal Ministry of Economics as a consultant for economic statistics , where he was taken on as a civil servant . In 1981 he moved to the press department and in 1984 to the department for fundamental questions of economic policy . In 1987 he became personal advisor to Federal Minister of Economics Martin Bangemann ( FDP ) and a year later personal advisor to State Secretary Otto Schlecht ( CDU ).
In 1991 Heitzer took over the management of the department for economic research, deregulation / de-bureaucratisation , three years later of the department for fundamental questions of economic policy / new federal states . Between 1996 and 2000 he was first head of the subdivision economic questions of environmental protection , then the subdivision general questions of energy policy; Mineral oil; economic questions of environmental protection and finally the subdivision policy and sectoral questions of industrial policy .
In 2004 he was appointed President of the Federal Office for Economics and Export Control in Eschborn , and in April 2007 he was appointed President of the Federal Cartel Office in Bonn to succeed Ulf Böge . “Sometimes”, Heitzer explained to the business magazine Brand eins in April 2008 about his understanding of his office as President of the Federal Cartel Office, “there are wrong expectations of us. […] But we are not a price regulator […]. Lots of people who believe in conviction work here. "
Heitzer hit the headlines in April 2008 after he transferred the responsible employee to the staff council during a cartel office proceeding against the German Football Association.
In November 2009, Minister of Economic Affairs Rainer Brüderle appointed him State Secretary to succeed Walther Otremba . Andreas Mundt succeeded Heitzer at the head of the Federal Cartel Office . At the beginning of 2014 he resigned from this office.
Bernhard Heitzer is a member of the Ludwig Erhard Foundation .
Heitzer is married and has two grown daughters. He is a member of the FDP and sits on the supervisory board of Deutsche Bahn AG.
Web links
- Literature by and about Bernhard Heitzer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bernhard Heitzer's curriculum vitae on the BMWi homepage ( Memento from February 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ BAFA: Farewell to BAFA President Dr. Bernhard Heitzer . In: bafa.de . Federal Office of Economics and Export Control. March 29, 2007. Archived from the original on March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ Riot in the Cartel Office, FAZ
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heitzer, Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German government official and president of several federal agencies |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | regensburg |