Lutz Diwell
Lutz Diwell (born September 6, 1951 in Berlin ) is a German lawyer. From December 2005 to November 2009 he was State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Justice .
After attending grammar school, he studied law from 1971 to 1975 at the University of Tübingen . In the district of the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart , he began his legal career as a legal trainee until 1979.
He then moved to Berlin and took the position of public prosecutor , where he dealt with offenses in the field of business. He was also active in information processing, where he helped set up a corresponding department.
In 1989 he took up a job in the judicial administration of the State of Berlin with Senator Jutta Limbach . From 1994 to 2001 he was head of a department that dealt with criminal offenses, but also concerned international cooperation.
The Interior Senator of Berlin, Ehrhart Körting , appointed him State Secretary in 2001. In this position he was responsible for the State Chancellery of the Senator for the Interior, which concerned the protection of the constitution and the organization of the police. In 2003 Otto Schily appointed him to the Federal Ministry of the Interior as State Secretary . In this capacity he signed a. a. the directive that enabled federal agencies to investigate private personal computers (PCs) online. He defended these instructions by pretending that these actions were only directed against inactive Internet forums.
He took the view that journalists should be prosecuted for disclosing official secrets. In his opinion, there should be no journalist privilege.
After the change of government in 2005 he took over the post of State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Justice from Hansjörg Geiger . In November 2009 he was replaced by Birgit Grundmann .
He is married to Margret Diwell .
Web links
- Biographical note ( Memento from October 31, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Overview of the activities of Diwell ( Memento of November 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Diwell signed the instructions for the online examination of personal computers
- ↑ The procedure for Diwell's instructions turns into a political posse
- ↑ Diwell condemns publication of official secrets by journalists ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diwell, Lutz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Justice |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |