Jürgen Schreier

Jürgen Schreier

Jürgen Schreier (born April 1, 1948 in Merzig ) is a German politician ( CDU ).

biography

After graduating from high school in 1967 at Stefansberg-Gymnasium in Merzig, Schreier studied geography and the French language in Mainz , Saarbrücken and Trier and then worked as a teacher at a secondary school and a comprehensive school.

From 1977 to 1982 he was personal advisor to the Minister for Culture, Education and Sport of the Saarland and then until 1990 head of the Merzig secondary school. In 1990 he became a member of the Saarland state parliament. In 1994 Schreier rose to the position of deputy chairman of the CDU parliamentary group, and on September 29, 1999, he became Minister of Education, Culture and Science.

After the death of the Saarland CDU parliamentary group chairman Peter Hans , Schreier was elected as the new parliamentary group chairman on August 21, 2007 with 25 out of 27 votes at the suggestion of Prime Minister Peter Müller . On September 3, 2007, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer took over his ministerial post.

In November 2009 Schreier renounced his mandate and became managing director of Saarland-Sporttoto GmbH and Saarland-Spielbank GmbH.

Jürgen Schreier was also district chairman of the CDU Merzig-Wadern from 1990 to 2011.

Because of an affair surrounding the Saarland Cultural Heritage Foundation , of which he was the former minister of culture, Schreier received a penalty order for 24,000 euros for accepting benefits and had to vacate his post as managing director of Saartoto in the summer of 2012.

Education policy under Schreier in Saarland

In Saarland, Jürgen Schreier was the first West German state to implement the nationally recognized but highly controversial G8 initiative “Abitur in eight years”. In addition, the free third year of kindergarten was introduced in Saarland during his time as minister.

Under Education Minister Schreier, a third of all primary schools in Saarland were closed in 2005 for demographic reasons. A large part of the funds saved should be invested in improving the quality of primary schools in Saarland; Parents and other school bodies have pointed out that the implementation of this intention cannot be proven. The closure of the schools led to numerous protests, which were supported in particular by the state parents' representatives, trade unions and all opposition parties. The initiative “Save primary schools in Saarland! - For a better education for our children! ”Had met the prerequisite for a referendum (more than 5000 people eligible to vote), which ultimately failed due to its financial effectiveness in a judgment of the Administrative Court on January 23, 2006.

Criticism came from students when it came to the introduction of tuition fees. Due to a decision of the university presidium, still valid within the framework of the university's autonomy, which sets the tuition fees at 300 euros, students accused him of a win-win situation, since on the one hand he has power over the education budget and thus the increase in tuition fees due to financial difficulties the universities can indirectly further effect and on the other hand pushes the buck to the university committees.

Web links

• Page of the CDU parliamentary group in the Saarland state parliament

Individual evidence

1. ^ T-online of July 2, 2012
2. ^ Judgment of the Administrative Court on the challenge of the non-admission of a referendum
3. ↑ Press release of the AStA of Saarland University: The win-win situation of the Minister of Education.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.