Friedhelm Rentrop

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Friedhelm Rentrop (born February 14, 1929 in Cologne-Deutz ; † January 26, 2015 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg ) was a German auditor and politician of the FDP .

Job and life

Rentrop was the first son of the auditor Siegfried Rentrop (1899–1972) and his wife Elsa, née Eckel (1907–1993), who made a name for herself as a writer. Growing up in Cologne, Gmunden am Traunsee / Austria, and Bonn-Bad Godesberg, he did his Abitur at the Aloisiuskolleg . He completed an apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer and studied economics and business administration. Since 1955 he has been working independently in his own practice as a tax advisor and auditor .

Rentrop had five children. His oldest son is the publisher, author and investor Norman Rentrop .

MP

From 1980 to 1983 Rentrop was a member of the German Bundestag, most recently as chairman of the finance committee. With Reinhold Kreile (CSU), he is considered the father of the land transfer tax reform, which lowered the rate at that time from 7% to 2% and generated significant additional income for the state treasury by simplifying and eliminating numerous exceptions.

In 1983 Friedhelm Rentrop and three other members of the Bundestag brought an action against the Federal President before the Federal Constitutional Court . Rentrop had approved the budget of the government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl with a majority of the German Bundestag , but refused to support the vote of no confidence that Kohl had put forward the next day as incompatible with his conscience. When the Federal President, as planned by Kohl, ordered the dissolution of the German Bundestag and announced new elections before the end of the legislative period, Rentrop and MPs Karl Hofmann , formerly SPD, Hansheinrich Schmidt , FDP, and Karl-Hans Lagershausen , CDU, filed a lawsuit. The action was dismissed with 6 to 2 votes.

Social Commitment

Rentrop was a member of the board of the Association of Tax Advisory Professions in Cologne for over 25 years. He was long president and later honorary president of the German-Korean Society. From 1972 to 1976 he was chairman of the Godesberg water sports club and from 1977 to 1980 treasurer of the German Rowing Association . He was also chairman of the supervisory board of the KinderHerz Germany foundation .

Life after politics

Rentrop resumed his work as an independent tax advisor and auditor and was involved in numerous charitable organizations. As Chairman of the Supervisory Board, he prepared the IPO for Leffers AG . From 1981 to 1996 Rentrop was a member of the board of directors of DSL Bank , since 1989 member of the board of directors of DSL-Holding AG and from 1993 to 1996 its board spokesman.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FAZ. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  2. ^ Advertisement in the Bonner General-Anzeiger from January 31st / January 1st. February 2015.
  3. ↑ Udo Leuschner : The history of the FDP. Publishing house Monsenstein and Vannerdat, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-86991-049-9 . ( available online )
personal data
SURNAME Rentrop, Friedhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German auditor and politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne-Deutz
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 2015
Place of death bad Godesberg