Georg Girardet
Georg Girardet (born September 7, 1942 in Kempten ) is a German lawyer and administrative officer. He was more than 17 years, Mayor and Councilor for Culture in Leipzig .
Life
Georg Girardet, who from the Essen publisher dynasty Girardet comes, began after high school to study law, which he with the promotion of Dr. iur. completed. From 1973 to 1977 he was a consultant in the vocational training department in the Federal Ministry of Education and Science , from 1978 to 1985 a consultant in the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany in the GDR and from 1980 to 1985 its cultural consultant .
In 1985 he moved to the Senate Administration of West Berlin, where he was head of the department for the 750th anniversary celebrations in 1987 and for the events within the project “Berlin - European Capital of Culture 1988” in the Senate Administration for Cultural Affairs . In 1989 he was appointed to the Federal Ministry of Education and Science, initially as head of the personnel department, then the department “Art, Culture and Sport in Education”. On December 1, 1991 he was elected to his office as mayor and councilor for culture of the city of Leipzig, which he held for almost 18 years until May 29, 2009 (his last day of work). The festive retirement took place on May 19, 2009. Michael Faber was elected as his successor .
During his term of office, u. a. the new building of the Museum of Fine Arts , the renovation of the Grassi Museum , the acquisition of the music school and the renovation and expansion of the Leipzig Zoo (construction of Pongoland and planning of Gondwanaland ).
His honorary positions include a .:
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Leipzig Bach Archive Foundation
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Zoo Leipzig GmbH
- Chairman of the board of the Leipzig Community Foundation
- Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Monument to the Battle of the Nations
- Deputy Chairman of the board of directors of the Thomaskirche Bach 2000 e. V.
- Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation
He is a member of:
- Board of Trustees of the Gallery for Contemporary Art Foundation
- Board of Directors of the Book Art Foundation
- Board of Directors of the German National Library
- Board of Trustees of forum thomanum Leipzig e. V.
Girardet is married and has two children.
literature
- The enabler. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung of May 28, 2009, p. 10
Web links
- Approval report (dated May 19, 2009)
- Georg Girardet in the contemporary witness portal
Individual evidence
- ^ In the whole of the GDR it is published in: FAZ of August 13, 2011, page 35
- ↑ Trustees , www.forum-thomanum.de, accessed on 14 November 2016th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Girardet, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and administrative officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kempten (Allgäu) |