Erwin Schleberger

Erwin Schleberger , CBE (born November 2, 1930 in Wickrathhahn , today part of Mönchengladbach ; † October 15, 2013 in Münster ) was a German lawyer , lecturer and politician ( CDU ).

Professional background

After graduating from high school in Rheydt in 1951 , he studied law in Cologne and passed the second state law examination in 1959. In the same year Schleberger was accepted into the administration of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia as a government assessor . Also in 1959 he joined the CDU.

First he was employed by the district administration of Geldern before he moved to the district government of Düsseldorf . He worked there until 1962. In 1960 he was appointed head of training for the upper and middle and, from 1964, also for the higher service . In this context he organized the training in the local government and in the district government of Düsseldorf. In 1965 Schleberger took over the management of the newly established North Rhine-Westphalia State Administration School in Hilden , in 1967 he was appointed head of department at the district government in Arnsberg and in 1970 deputy head of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Statistical Office .

From the summer semester of 1964 Schleberger was given a teaching position at the University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer and from 1968 to 1978 also at the Ruhr University Bochum for a course in public law .

During his time as President of the Münster administrative district from 1978 to 1995, he campaigned for a consistent development of a concept for the Ruhr area, which was particularly affected by structural change . Schleberger also worked in the Münsterland , for example through the Münsterlandtage , which has been taking place since 1988, towards a regional structural policy in order to open up new perspectives for the restructuring of rural areas .

Particularly to Schleberger also has the State Music Academy and the artists' village Schöppingen rendered outstanding; he was chairman of the board of trustees for Dutch studies and from 1982 of the Israel Foundation of the Recklinghausen district.

Awards

• 1984: Cross of Merit on ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1995: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1995: Commander's Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau , awarded by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands .
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Knight's Cross of the Order of Holy New Year's Eve , awarded by Pope John Paul II.

Works (selection)

• Regulatory and Police Law of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , 5th edition, Siegburg (Reckinger) 1981. ISBN 3792200538
• European regional policy , Heinrich Siedentopf , Manfred Scholle, Erwin Schleberger (eds.); Baden-Baden (Nomos) 1997. ISBN 378904735X
• The German and Dutch administration between tradition and reform , Horst Lademacher and Erwin Schleberger, Baden-Baden (Nomos) 2000. ISBN 3789064653
• Water Association Ordinance: Water Association Act - Water Association Regulations. Commentary (Guttentag Collection) , Paul Kaiser, Karl Linckelmann, Erwin Schleberger, Erich Weiss (eds.); 3rd edition, Berlin (de Gruyter) 2010. ISBN 3110011700

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Claus-J. Spitzer: A trained and convinced Westphalian . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung . November 2, 2000.
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3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

predecessor	Office	successor
Egbert Möcklinghoff	District President of the Münster administrative district in Westphalia 1978–1995	Jörg Twenhöven