Jürgen Kleditzsch

Jürgen Kleditzsch in his practice in Gerlenhofen

Jürgen Kleditzsch (born January 26, 1944 in Bad Schandau ) is a German doctor and politician (formerly CDU ). In 1990 he was Minister of Health in the GDR .

Life

Kleditzsch graduated from high school in 1962 and did a nursing internship from 1962 to 1963. 1963-1969 he studied at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig Medicine and a doctorate Dr. med. From 1969 to 1974 he trained as a specialist in physiotherapy , then as a specialist in orthopedics . 1980 habilitation he did to Dr. sc.

From 1974 to 1989 he worked at the Medical Academy in Dresden , first as head of the physiotherapy department at the orthopedic clinic , and from 1978 as senior physician at the clinic. In 1985 he was appointed lecturer in physiotherapy, then in 1987 professor . From 1988 he was head of various working and research groups. From 1972 he worked in the Society for Physiotherapy of the GDR as a member of the board, from 1979 as the society's secretary .

Kleditzsch worked as a specialist in the Neu-Ulm district of Gerlenhofen and now practices in his private practice in Bad Wörishofen.

politics

In 1977 Kleditzsch joined the GDR CDU . From 1984 he was a member of the Dresden district board and from 1987 head of active health policy at the Dresden CDU district board. In December 1989 he was appointed district doctor for Dresden. In the first free elections in the GDR, Kleditzsch was elected a member of the People's Chamber in March 1990 and was Minister of Health from April 1990 to October 2, 1990 and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs from August 1990. From October 3, 1990, he was a member of the 11th German Bundestag. In 2002 he left the CDU.

literature

• Short biography for:  Kleditzsch, Jürgen . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
• Portrait in: Ärzte Zeitung , special edition from November 9, 2009