Christian Zahn
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Christian Zahn (born June 4, 1948 in Hamburg ) is a German trade unionist and lawyer .
He was a member of the federal executive committee of the German Employees' Union (DAG) and was a member of the ver.di federal executive committee from the founding congress of the United Services Union ( ver.di) until 2007. He was head of the Federal and State Department (FB 6). Until 2017 he was chairman of the administrative board of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds .
Life
After graduating from high school, Zahn studied political science and law in Hamburg and Freiburg from 1968 to 1975 . In 1975 he passed his assessor examination and worked as a lawyer until 1989 .
Union functions
In 1976, Zahn became secretary of the federal legal department and legal protection secretary in the DAG regional association in Hamburg. From 1976 to 1979 he headed the co-determination department in the economic policy department of the DAG's federal executive board. He was then deputy head of the economic policy department until 1984. From 1984 to 1987 he headed the DAG regional association Rhineland-Palatinate / Saar. From 1987 to 2001 he was a member of the federal executive committee of the DAG and was responsible for the public service department. He was also a member of the advisory board for internal guidance issues . In 2001 he also took over the social policy department on the federal executive board. When ver.di was founded in 2001, he was elected to its federal board. At the 2003 Federal Congress in Berlin, he was re-elected with 83.4 percent of the vote. He was no longer a candidate for the 2007 Federal Congress.
Zahn was chairman of the board of the then Federal Insurance Agency for Salaried Employees (BfA). He has been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany since 1967 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zahn, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German trade unionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |