Klaus Dierks (civil engineer, 1936)
Karl Otto Ludwig Klaus Dierks (born February 19, 1936 in Berlin-Dahlem ; † March 17, 2005 in Windhoek ) was one of the most important traffic planners and engineers in Namibia .
Life
Dierks spent his school days in Zeuthen , Schulpforta , Eichwalde and Berlin-Schöneberg . Klaus Dierks then studied civil engineering and history at the Berlin Technical University and graduated as a Diplom - Ingenieur in 1963 and his doctorate in 1992 for Doctor of Engineering with a thesis entitled Technical Aspects for Appropriate low-volume Roads in Namibia . Immediately after completing his diploma, Dierks started working as an engineer in the Namibian civil service and had had significant influence on the country's road network since 1965 at the Department of Transport .
Since 1982 Dierks was a member of SWAPO (later a member of the SWAPO Central Committee) and campaigned strongly for a "South Africa-independent traffic system": first at the road construction office, later through his own engineering office Namibia Consult Incorporated . Due to his participation in Namibia's struggle for independence on the part of SWAPO, he was dismissed from civil service by the Pretoria- influenced interim government in South West Africa / Namibia after 22 years as an engineer in the public sector of his country.
He was also a member of the board of the Namibia Peace Plan 435 (NPP) , which was founded in Windhoek in November 1986 , but did not manage his own area of responsibility. He was one of the founding members.
He is not to be confused with the professor of civil engineering at the TU Berlin Klaus Dierks .
Government offices
From 1990 (independence of Namibia) Dierks held various government offices and supervisory board chairs in Namibia: among others
- 1990–1999 Vice Minister in the Namibian Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communication
- 1999–2000 Vice Minister in the Namibian Ministry of Mining and Energy
- Namibian energy regulator Electricity Control Board
- TransNamib (Namibian Railway Company).
Publications
Dierks wrote a number of scientific publications:
- Development of an optimized road system in independent Namibia
- The settlements of the ǁKhauxaǃnas
- About the history of Namibia
- 36 other publications in the field of transportation and telecommunications.
Klaus Dierks lived in Windhoek with his wife Karen von Bremen and their four children until his death.
literature
- Jürgen Leskien : Dark Shadow Waterberg . African night talks . Schwartzkopff Buchwerke, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-937738-10-X , ( Stakkato Volume 07), pp. 199-225.
Web links
- Literature by and about Klaus Dierks in the catalog of the German National Library
- www.klausdierks.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Joe Pütz, Heidi von Egidy, Perri Caplan: Political Who's Who of Namibia . Magus, Windhoek 1989, Namibia series Vol. 1, ISBN 0-620-10225-X , pp. 203, 204
- ^ Klaus Dierks: Technical Aspects for Appropriate Low-Volume Roads in Namibia . Short version in German, at www.klausdierks.com.
- ↑ a b Klaus Dierks: The Author . at www.klausdierks.com (English)
Remarks
- ↑ Note: This article contains characters from the alphabet of the Khoisan languages spoken in southern Africa . The display contains characters of the click letters ǀ , ǁ , ǂ and ǃ . For more information on the pronunciation of long or nasal vowels or certain clicks , see e.g. B. under Khoekhoegowab .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dierks, Klaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dierks, Karl Otto Ludwig Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Namibian traffic planner and engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Dahlem , Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 2005 |
| Place of death | Windhoek , Namibia |