Klaus Escher
Klaus Escher (born October 12, 1965 in Koblenz ) is a German politician ( CDU ). From 1994 to 1998 he was national chairman of the Junge Union .
Life
education and profession
After graduating from high school in 1985, Escher did military service and studied law , political science and modern history at the University of Bonn from 1987 to 1992 . He passed his first state examination in law in 1991. Escher then worked as a trainee lawyer at the Cologne Higher Regional Court from 1992 to 1995 . In 1995 he passed his second state examination in law. He then became a trainee at Deutsche Bank in Düsseldorf .
From 2000 to 2002 Escher worked as head of the BASF office in Berlin. Escher then worked as a writer and published two volumes of poetry. In 2006 he became a consultant for domestic policy issues in the Federal Ministry of the Interior .
Party career
After starting out in the Koblenzer Schüler Union and on the regional board of the Junge Union, Escher was elected national chairman in 1989 in Berlin and on the national board of the Junge Union . He subsequently criticized the leadership style of the then Federal Chancellor and CDU party chairman Helmut Kohl and the programmatic deficits of the parent party. At the CDU federal party conference in Hanover in 1996 , however, Escher was re-elected as a member of the CDU federal executive committee. After the federal election in September 1998 , which led to a change of government ( Kohl V cabinet → Schröder I cabinet ), Escher advocated a generation change in the party. Among other things, he recommended the CDU presidium member and ex-labor minister (1982-1998) Norbert Blüm to vacate his place in the presidium. Escher ran on November 7, 1998 at the CDU federal party congress in Bonn for the CDU presidium ; he was not elected. In the same year he gave up the chairmanship of the Junge Union for reasons of age.
Web links
- Der Spiegel 42/1998: Quarrel among savages
- 45/1998: Interview with Wolfgang Schäuble (then CDU chairman)
Footnotes
- ^ Mirjam Stegherr: Berlin terminus . In: politik & kommunikation No. 41/2006, November 2006, page 59, ISSN 1610-5060 .
- ↑ spiegel.de: "The beautiful September 27th"
- ↑ When the hands speak - Interview with Sabine Christiansen .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Escher, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), federal chairman of the Junge Union |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koblenz |