Klaus Nilius

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Klaus Nilius (* 1942 in Rohrbach near Baumholder ) is a German journalist. As press spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament , he used to be a confidante in the Barschel affair and a messenger in the drawer affair .

Life

Born in Rohrbach, Nilius grew up in Heimbach and was a founding member of the Young Socialists in Baumholder in the 1960s . After a traineeship at the Rhein-Zeitung , he became a local editor in Baumholder. He later worked as a journalist for a tabloid newspaper and as a senior editor at a news agency. Then he moved to northern Germany and in 1987 became the press spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group in Kiel, which at that time was still in the opposition. When the SPD took over government affairs, Nilius moved to the Kiel State Chancellery under Björn Engholm on March 1 and became his liaison officer to trade unions, parties and associations .

In the SPD's election campaign for the government majority in Schleswig-Holstein , Nilius had an important role as press spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group. He was a confidante of the parliamentary group leader and Prime Minister candidate Björn Engholm . In the run-up to the Barschel affair , Nilius had had several contacts in 1987 with its main actor, Reiner Pfeiffer , and was informed about his campaign against Björn Engholm. However, Nilius denied this knowledge in the first parliamentary committee of inquiry . In 1988 and 1989 Nilius acted as a money messenger on behalf of the then SPD state chairman Günther Jansen . He gave Pfeiffer two packages of money with a total value of 40,000 marks. The committee of inquiry into this so-called drawer affair determined in 1993 that Nilius had lied in the first committee of inquiry (into the Barschel affair ). However, at this point in time the offense of unofficial false testimony was already time barred, which is why Nilius went unpunished.

Engholm then resigned as prime minister and from all party offices. Nilius, who was at the Kiel State Chancellery at the time , took a leave of absence. In 1995 he became press spokesman for the Kiel University of Applied Sciences , and in 2007 he retired .

Klaus Nilius publishes in the biweekly journal Ossietzky (named after Carl von Ossietzky ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unless otherwise documented, information is based on: Klaus Nilius was an informant for "Spiegel" during the Barschel-Pfeiffer affair , Rhein-Zeitung , November 22, 2013.
  2. ^ Affair: Storm around the ears , Der Spiegel , March 22, 1993.
  3. ^ Change in the press office , Kiel University of Applied Sciences , November 1, 2007.
personal data
SURNAME Nilius, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Rohrbach (near Baumholder)