Hanns-Christoph Eiden

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Hanns-Christoph Eiden

Hanns-Christoph Eiden (born July 15, 1956 in Hermeskeil ) is a German lawyer and has been President of the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food since 2010 .

Life

education

From 1975 to 1981 Eiden studied law at the University of Trier and the University of Münster. In 1983 he received his doctorate from the University of Münster on the subject of "The approximation of laws under Article 100 of the EEC Treaty". In 1987 Eiden passed the 2nd state examination in law. Since his studies he has been a member of the Catholic student associations KDStV Churtrier Trier and KDStV Winfridia (Breslau) Münster .

He is married and has five children.

job

In 1987 Eiden became a consultant in what was then the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry . There he worked in various functions for 23 years, most recently in a leading position responsible for European and international affairs and as German spokesman in the special committee for agriculture. In 2010 he was appointed President of the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food on the proposal of Federal Minister Ilse Aigner .

During the term of office of her successor Christian Schmidt , the authority's field of activity expanded further. It is now also the project sponsor for the federal rural development program and is home to the Federal Center for Nutrition (BZfE) and the Federal Information Center for Agriculture (BZL).

At the international level, Eiden is active in the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement (SUN). From 2012 to 2014 he was one of the “Facilitators” of the Donor Network.

Honorary positions

Eiden has been Deputy Chairman of the Rheinviertel Community Foundation in Bad Godesberg since it was founded in 2005 and Chairman of the Bonn Research Alliance of Innovative Information Systems in International Quality Food Chain and Crisis Communication (Bonn.realis) since 2012.

Awards

• Appointed Knight of the French Legion of Honor 2012
• Admission to the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem 2017

literature

• Hanns-Christoph Eiden: What does it need to improve nutrition quality? The role of public partners in HK Biesalski, R. Birner: Hidden Hunger: Strategies to Improve Nutrition Quality Karger Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-318-06252-6
• Hanns-Christoph Eiden, Simone Welte: The Second International Conference on Nutrition, as Seen by a Member State. In: Biesalski HK, Black RE: Hidden Hunger, Malnutrition at the First 1,000 Days of Life: Causes, Consequences and Solutions. World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol. 115. Basel, S. Karger AG, 2016. ISBN 978-3-318-05684-6 , pp. 141-134.
• United Nations Systems Standing Committee on Nutrition: Nutrition and the post-2015 development agenda. Seizing the opportunity . In: SCN News , No 41 2015, pp. 64-65, ISSN  1564-3743 .
• Ines Härtel: sustainability, energy transition, climate change, world food. Political and Legal Challenges of the 21st Century. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Baden-Baden 2014, ISBN 978-3-8487-1407-0 , pp. 194-213.
• Joachim Lange: Loccumer Protocol. Implementation of the CAP reform. Evangelical Academy Loccum, Rehburg-Loccum 2014, ISBN 978-3-8172-0514-1 , pp. 175-185.
• Rudolf Mögele, Friedrich Erlbacher: Single Common Market Organization. Article by Article Commentary of the Legal Framework for Agricultural Markets in the European Union. Verlag CH Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-60318-1 , pp. 439-447.
• Eckardt Klein, Stefan Ulrich Pieper, Georg Ress: The rule of law in Europe. Commemorative publication for Albert Bleckmann. Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne / Berlin / Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-452-26625-5 , pp. 109–125.
• Albert Bleckmann: European law. The law of the European Union and the European Communities. Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne / Berlin / Bonn / Munich 1997. pp. 759-813, ISBN 3-452-22120-2 .
• Martin Coen, Sven Hölscheidt, Stefan Ulrich Pieper: '93. On the way to the European Union. Verlag Neue Wirtschaftsbriefe Herne, Berlin 1993, pp. 29–43, ISBN 3-482-46531-2 .
• German Society for Agricultural Law: The European Communities and German Unification - Effects on the regulations in the area of ​​the common agricultural policy. In: Agricultural Law . Journal of the entire law of agriculture, agricultural markets and rural areas, Volume 21, 1991. Landwirtschaftsverlag Münster-Hiltrup, pp 57-61, ISSN  0340-840X .