Dieter Burgard
Dieter Burgard (* 10. December 1954 in Saarbrücken ) was Ombudsman of Rhineland-Palatinate and commissioner for the state police and since 2018 Representative of the Prime Minister for Jewish life and anti-Semitism issues of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Life and work
After completing secondary school, Burgard completed an apprenticeship as a banker from 1971 to 1974 with subsequent employment at Deutsche Bank . 1974 to 1975 he did community service in the Caritas facility Maria Grünewald for people with disabilities in Wittlich . From 1975 to 1978 he attended the technical school for social pedagogy and from 1978 to 1979 made a year of recognition in the St. Peter kindergarten in Wengerohr . From 1979 to 2001 he worked as an educator in Maria Grünewald in Wittlich, the last eight years of which as head of the day care center.
politics
Burgard has been a member of the SPD since 1985. From 1991 to 1999 he was chairman of the SPD local association Wittlich and from 2006 to 2010 chairman of the SPD district association Bernkastel-Wittlich . From 1989 to 2010 he was a member of the SPD city council group in Wittlich and from 1999 to 2010 a member of the SPD district council group in Bernkastel-Wittlich, of which he was deputy spokesman.
From May 18, 2001 to April 28, 2010 he was a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament . There he was a member of the Petitions Committee ; the prison commission (here spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group); in the legal committee, in the European committee, 2004 member of the investigative committee "Rodalben", June 2004 to December 2005 member of the inquiry commission "Youth and Politics", member of the interregional parliamentary council (here chairman of commission 5 "Education, Training, Research and Culture" ), Chairman of the Advisory Board "Hardship Fund of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate to Support Victims of National Socialism ", Chairman of the Foundation "Debt Relief Assistance for Offenders of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate", member of the board of trustees of the Rhineland-Palatinate Foundation for Victim Protection and member of the board of trustees of the state headquarters for political education.
In 2010, Burgard was elected ombudsman for the state of Rhineland-Palatinate for eight years by the state parliament. In July 2014, the state law on ombudsmen was expanded, and he also became the representative for the state police of Rhineland-Palatinate. Since May 1, 2017, the Ombudsman has also had the complaints office for child and youth welfare. At the end of April 2018, Burgard resigned from this office. His successor was Barbara Schleicher-Rothmund (SPD).
From May 2018, Burgard in Germany will be the first representative for Jewish life and anti-Semitism issues for Rhineland-Palatinate, based in the State Chancellery.
Social functions
From 1991 to 2001 Burgard was an honorary judge at the youth and administrative courts ; since 1989 deputy chairman of the SKFM - Catholic Association for Social Services Wittlich e. V .; since 1989 member and chairman from 1993 to 1997 and since 2001 chairman of the support association for the Hinzert memorial site , chairman of the state working group for memorials and memorial initiatives during the Nazi era in Rhineland-Palatinate, member of the administrative board of Sparkasse Mittelmosel Eifel-Mosel-Hunsrück, advisory board for memorials and Art and culture in memorials of the State Center for Political Education.
literature
- The President of the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): The representatives of the free people: The members of the Consultative State Assembly and the State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1946 to 2015 . Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, 2016, ISBN 3-658-04751-8 , p. 108.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Silvia Ochlast: Anti-Semitism Commissioner for Rhineland-Palatinate on tasks: “ Performing prevention work”. domradio.de , January 22, 2018, accessed on May 3, 2018 .
Johannes Baptist Rösler (1974-1986) | Walter Mallmann (1987-1994) | Ullrich Galle (1995-2010) | Dieter Burgard (2010-2018) | Barbara Schleicher-Rothmund (since 2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burgard, Dieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarbrücken |