Klaus Schucht

Klaus Schucht (born February 25, 1930 in Breslau ; † January 18, 2001 in Flims , Switzerland ) was a German manager and politician ( SPD ) who was a member of the board of directors of the Treuhandanstalt from 1991 to 1994 and was Minister of Economic Affairs in Saxony-Anhalt from 1995 to 1999 .

Life

He studied mining engineering until 1955 and was a member of the Corps Silesia Breslau . From 1963 he was director of Monopol Bergwerks GmbH . In 1967 he became technical director there. From 1969 he became a board member of Bergbau AG Westfalen . From 1976 to 1991 he was the company's board spokesman.

In 1991 he became a board member of the Treuhandanstalt , where he was responsible for some of the largest privatizations in the energy, mining and chemical sectors. Schucht had his 1400-page diaries from this period stored in the Federal Archives as an estate with a blocking period (ten years after his death) .

In February 1995, Schucht, who had been a member of the SPD since 1967, became Minister for Economics and Technology in Saxony-Anhalt ( Höppner I and Höppner II cabinet ). His statement aroused heated discussions that the Buna works in Schkopau were “just a fart in the world history of chemistry”, which is why the location should not be promoted at any price. From 1998 he was also Minister for European Affairs. In 1999 he resigned as minister and moved to the supervisory board of the lignite company Mibrag . His successor as minister was Matthias Gabriel .

Klaus Schucht died in 2001 at the age of 70 as a result of a stroke. His grave is in the Dahlem Forest Cemetery in Berlin.

Reception in the film

In 2003, in coproduction with WDR , NDR produced the docu-drama Sold Land about Schucht's work at the Treuhandanstalt.

Gold Rush - The History of Treuhand ; Documentary 1994 min; Producer: Thomas Kufus , director of the cut version presumably Dirk Laabs , camera: Thomas Plenert ; Production: zero one film in coproduction with SWR , NDR and MDR ; Germany 2012

literature

Schucht, Klaus . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 9 : Schlumberger – Thiersch . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-096502-5 , p. 247 ( books.google.de - limited preview).

Web links

Dossier at Spiegel Online

Individual evidence

↑ Died: Klaus Schucht. In: Der Spiegel . January 22, 2001.
↑ Official diaries 1991–1994. in the Federal Archives.
↑ berliner-zeitung.de
^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 588.
↑ Land sold ( memento of September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ); Review , Die Welt , October 5, 2003.

personal data
SURNAME	Schucht, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German manager and politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH	February 25, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH	January 18, 2001
Place of death	Flims , Switzerland

[1] Died: Klaus Schucht. In: Der Spiegel . January 22, 2001.

[2] Official diaries 1991–1994. in the Federal Archives.

[3] rliner-zeitung.de

[4] Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 588.

[5] Land sold ( memento of September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ); Review , Die Welt , October 5, 2003.