Christoph Waffenschmidt

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Christoph Waffenschmidt (* 1969 in Waldbröl ) is a German graduate in administration (FH), former local politician (CDU) and head of World Vision Germany . Waffenschmidt was born in 1969 as the son of Parliamentary State Secretary Horst Waffenschmidt in Waldbröl in Oberberg . He is Protestant , married and has one daughter.

Life

Waffenschmidt was already involved in the Junge Union as a young man . At the age of 22 he became a member of Waldbröl's city ​​council . In 1999, at the age of 29, he was elected mayor of Waldbröl for the CDU , making him the youngest mayor in the most populous federal state, North Rhine-Westphalia .

After he was re-elected in 2004, he gave up his position as mayor in 2008 and succeeded Günther Bitzer as Managing Director of World Vision Germany (WVD). As chairman of the board of WVD, he is committed to fighting hunger and poverty. He is the editor of the World Vision Children's Study and jointly responsible for awarding the German Children's Prize . Waffenschmidt is particularly committed to newborn children and warns that it must be in the interests of all of us to bring up children who would later become a pillar of the state.

In addition, he is a member of the supervisory board of the Christian special interest broadcaster ERF-Medien from Wetzlar .

Memberships

During his time as mayor, Waffenschmidt was a member of the Politics Working Group of the German Evangelical Alliance , an evangelical network. He is a member of the board of the German Donation Council and a member of the foundation board of the Hope Bearers Foundation .

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  2. ↑ World Economic Forum: What if ...? In: Diegesellschafter.de. Aktion Mensch , January 31, 2009, archived from the original on September 6, 2010 ; Retrieved September 6, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Voluntary management. ERF , November 16, 2010, archived from the original on November 16, 2010 ; Retrieved November 16, 2010 .
  4. ↑ a b c Christoph Waffenschmidt new managing director at World Vision Germany. ( Memento from March 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ AFP / sk: World Vision Study: Parents' fear of unemployment is a burden for children. In: welt.de . June 1, 2010, accessed October 7, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Till Reimer Stoldt: NRW personal: Christoph Schmidt weapons: A politician wants only to do good. In: welt.de . January 20, 2008, accessed October 7, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Focus
  8. ↑ world
  9. ↑ http://www.dermerkur.de/artikel/deutscher_kinderpreis_18_projekte_ausgezeich/24222/493/1  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.dermerkur.de  
  10. ↑ Colorful
  11. ↑ Tagesspiegel: http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/jugend-ist-oft-hoffnungslos-und-ohne-selbstbewusstsein/1849740.html
  12. ↑ Supervisory Board. ERF.de , accessed on July 11, 2013 .
  13. ↑ Pietist received almost three quarters of the votes in the mayoral election - September 27, 2004
  14. ^ German Evangelical Alliance : Christoph Waffenschmidt resigns. German Evangelical Alliance , December 3, 2008, archived from the original on November 22, 2010 ; Retrieved November 22, 2010 .
  15. ↑ http://www.spendenrat.de/index.php?vorstand
  16. ↑ Hope supports projects for refugees (article from the Stuttgarter Zeitung). Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Waffenschmidt, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graduate in administration (FH), former local politician (CDU) and head of World Vision Germany
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldbröl