Joachim Pilz

Joachim Pilz (born December 24, 1932 in Krotoszyn ( Poland ); † January 13, 2012 ) was a German politician ( CDU ). From 1991 to 1993 he was Lord Mayor of Chemnitz .

Life

Joachim Pilz learned the trade of a machine fitter before completing a university degree with a Dipl.-Ing. completed. From 1957 to 1990 he worked as a research assistant in the research center for machine tool construction and its predecessor institutions. Pilz received his doctorate in 1976 as Dr.-Ing.

In 1990 Pilz joined the CDU. From June 1990 to April 1991 he was a city councilor and mayor of the western Saxon city of Chemnitz . As the successor to Dieter Noll , who had resigned because of allegations of overstepping his authority and infiltration of the city council, he initially took over the official business on June 1, 1991 and was finally elected Mayor of Chemnitz on July 3, 1991. In September 1993 Pilz was voted out of office by the city council and the SPD candidate Peter Seifert, supported by the council groups SPD, PDS, FDP and Bündnis 90 / Greens, was appointed his successor. Der Spiegel summed up that Pilz had been overwhelmed in his office and, like Noll, “for three years mainly [directed] chaos”.

Then he was a real estate agent of the Landesbank Sachsen LB operates. From the end of the 1990s, Pilz headed the diocesan council of the Dresden-Meißen diocese for nine years . In recognition of his services, Bishop Joachim Reinelt awarded him the St. Benno Medal of the Diocese in 2007 .

He died on January 13, 2012 after a long and serious illness.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chemnitz former Mayor Joachim Pilz died. Freie Presse , January 15, 2012, accessed January 15, 2012 . 
2. ^ Chronicle of the turning point in Chemnitz. ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Cinderella of the East.