Jochen Riebel

Jochen Riebel (born March 25, 1945 in Ober-Hilbersheim , Rheinhessen , † June 16, 2015 in Hofheim am Taunus ) was a German politician ( CDU ). Until 2006 he was Minister for Federal and European Affairs in the Hessian State Chancellery , and since 2007 he has worked for a Wiesbaden law firm .

Life

Riebel attended the Rabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium in Mainz. After graduating from high school in 1964, he was initially a temporary soldier . He then completed a law degree with the state examination. Since 1966 he was a member of the Catholic student association VKDSt Hasso-Rhenania Mainz . As a reserve officer , he was last promoted to reserve colonel in the Air Force in 1996 .

He was Catholic and married.

politics

Riebel was Mayor of Eschborn from 1979 to 1984 , Lord Mayor of Frankenthal from 1984 to 1989 , District Administrator of the Main-Taunus District from 1990 to 1999 and State Secretary of the Hessian Ministry of Finance in 1999/2000 .

After the state elections in Hesse on February 7, 1999 , Riebel became State Secretary to Finance Minister Karlheinz Weimar in the Hessian state government ( Koch I cabinet ). On September 12, 2000, Prime Minister Koch appointed Riebel to succeed Franz Josef Jung as head of the state chancellery and as authorized representative for federal affairs. After the state elections in 2003, Riebel became Minister of State for Federal and European Affairs in the Koch II cabinet . Koch dismissed him from this position on March 28, 2006. Riebel's successor was Volker Hoff (CDU).

Riebel was the representative of the state of Hesse on the supervisory board of Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH . Since March 2010 he has been a member of the Advisory Board for Inner Guidance .

church

In 2010, Riebel was appointed by Limburg Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst to the newly founded asset management council of the Episcopal See in Limburg. In this role, Riebel attracted media attention when, on October 7, 2013, he informed the public about the considerable additional costs involved in building the diocesan center of St. Nicholas and sharply criticized the bishop.

Honors

Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr (2004)
Ordre des Palmes Académiques (2008)

Commander of the Papal Order of Knights of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict XVI. (2013)

literature

StS (author's abbreviation): A person with firm Christian principles. Papal honor for Minister of State a. D. Jochen Riebel . In: Wiesbaden Courier . Wiesbaden February 1, 2013 ( bistumlimburg.de ).

Individual evidence

^ Tebartz critic Riebel dies ( Memento from June 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Jochen Riebel. In: Munzinger, biographies. Retrieved May 12, 2015 .
^ Minister of State a. D. Jochen Riebel died at the age of 70. In: Press release from the Hessian State Chancellery. June 17, 2015, accessed June 23, 2015 .
^ Papal honor for ex-Minister Riebel. In: Welt Online . January 30, 2013, accessed May 12, 2015 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Günter Kahlberg	Mayor of the independent city of Frankenthal 1984–1989	Peter Popitz

personal data
SURNAME	Riebel, Jochen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH	March 25, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ober-Hilbersheim , Rheinhessen
DATE OF DEATH	June 16, 2015
Place of death	Hofheim am Taunus

[1] Tebartz critic Riebel dies ( Memento from June 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[munzinger.de-2] Jochen Riebel. In: Munzinger, biographies. Retrieved May 12, 2015 .

[hessen_2015-06-17-3] Minister of State a. D. Jochen Riebel died at the age of 70. In: Press release from the Hessian State Chancellery. June 17, 2015, accessed June 23, 2015 .

[welt_2013-01-30-4] Papal honor for ex-Minister Riebel. In: Welt Online . January 30, 2013, accessed May 12, 2015 .