Michael Rüter

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Michael Rüter (born July 13, 1963 in Wanne-Eickel ) is a German politician and former political official ( SPD ). Until August 22, 2017, he was in the Weil I cabinet as State Secretary of Lower Saxony and authorized representative at the federal government in Berlin . He organized the European election campaign until May 26, 2019. From August 4 to September 1, 2019, he supported Dietmar Woidke in the final spurt of the election campaign in Brandenburg.

Previously, as a member of an external working group - headed by former Spiegel journalist Horand Knaup, alongside election campaign advisor Frank Stauss , sociologist Yvonne Schroth and social scientist Jana Faus - he analyzed the SPD's election result in the 2017 federal election .

Party career

Rüter is a trained social scientist and has been a member of the SPD since 1983, initially with a focus on international work. From 1991 to 1995 he was deputy chairman of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) and was a member of the Juso federal board. In 1996 he was the organizer of the IUSY festival in Bonn. At the Federal Jusos Congress in 1997, Rüter was elected federal manager, Andrea Nahles federal chairman.

From 1998 to 2008 Rüter worked in various positions on the SPD party executive. During the Bundestag election campaign in 1998 he was in the SPD's election campaign headquarters , Kampa 1998 , responsible for the implementation of numerous major events and thus acquired a reputation as an organization and event specialist. Since 1999 he was responsible for the organization of the SPD federal party congresses .

In the election campaign for the election of the Berlin House of Representatives in 2001, he helped the SPD Berlin and Klaus Wowereit to win the election.

In addition to event organization, one focus of his work is the further development of the organizational basis of the party as a modern member party.

In the Kampa 2002 during the Bundestag election 2002 he led the tour of Gerhard Schröder under the coordinator of the SPD election campaign headquarters Kampa , Matthias Machnig . In the Kampa 2005 of the 2005 Bundestag election he was responsible for mobilizing the party and target groups .

He was responsible for the preparation and implementation of the Future Convention 2007 in Hanover in June 2007 and the party conference in October 2007 in Hamburg , at which the SPD's new basic program , the so-called Hamburg program , was decided. Most recently he was department head for "Organization and Party Life" in the Willy Brandt House .

In 2008 Rüter took over the office of the state manager of the SPD Lower Saxony . In addition, Rüter was the SPD campaign leader in the Lower Saxony state election on January 20, 2013 .

He is an assessor in the Hanover district executive committee and an assessor in the state executive committee of the SPD Lower Saxony.

State Secretary

On February 27, 2013 - after the Weil I cabinet had been formed - Rüter became the contact person for the federal constitutional organs ( German Bundestag , Bundesrat and federal government ) and for the authorized representatives of the other states for the federal state of Lower Saxony with the rank of State Secretary in the federal capital Berlin .

In the course of the affair about the award of public contracts in the Lower Saxony State Chancellery , he was dismissed by Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) on August 22, 2017 - less than two months before the early state election . Because of the awarding affair, a committee of inquiry was set up, to which Rüter was also invited. The State Secretary for Economic Affairs Daniela Behrens (SPD) had already been dismissed three months earlier , as was the spokesman for the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

The public prosecutor's office in Hanover finally examined the allegations and found that State Secretary a. D. Rüter could neither criminally nor disciplinary charges be made. No case was opened by the prosecutor. There was no initial suspicion, nor were state funds embezzled.

Further memberships

He is a member of the board of trustees of the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” (EVZ). and as an expert in action at events (exhibition opening: Solidarity and Resistance. German-Greek Relations during the Greek military dictatorship 1967–1974).

Michael Rüter is a member of the IGBCE and the AWO .

Private

Rüter is married, has two children and lives in Hanover.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ SPD politician Rüter appointed State Secretary . In: neuepresse.de , February 27, 2013.
  2. ^ Extrapolation to Brandenburg: SPD clearly ahead of AfD. In: tagesschau.de. Retrieved September 26, 2019 .
  3. ↑ http://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Nachrichten/Ppolitik/Deutschland-Welt/Analyse-der-SPD-Wahlschlappe-Berlins-geheimstes-Papier
  4. ↑ Christoph Hickmann: SPD analyzes election campaign . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2017, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on March 15, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Exodus at the Spiegel: Award-winning journalists leave the news magazine ›Meedia. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on March 15, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / meedia.de  
  6. ^ Research group Wahlen> about the research group> Forschungsgruppe Wahlen e. V.> Board of Directors> Dr. Yvonne Schroth. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 15, 2018 ; accessed on March 15, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.forschungsgruppe.de
  7. ↑ Learn from mistakes. In: SPD.de. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Michael Rüter. About the person . In: spdnds.de , accessed on October 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ The role of Kampa in the SPD's federal election campaign in 1998 and 2002 . German Bundestag Scientific Services: WD 1 - 123/07, accessed on October 2, 2018.
  10. ^ Violent dispute in the SPD over the 2009 election campaign . In: Abendblatt.de from June 4, 2009, accessed on October 2, 2018.
  11. ^ Lower Saxony survey majority for red-green . In: Abendblatt.de of November 8, 2012, accessed on October 2, 2018.
  12. ↑ election results. SPD district of Hanover, extraordinary party conference, January 9, 2016, Hanover . In: SPD-Bezirk-Hannover.de , accessed on October 3, 2018.
  13. ↑ State Executive Committee SPD Lower Saxony, elected on April 14, 2018 . In: spdnds.de , accessed on October 3, 2018.
  14. ^ Information from the Lower Saxony State Chancellery. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  15. ↑ Ulrich Exner : Weil dismisses close confidante because of a felt affair . In: welt.de . 22nd August 2017.
  16. ^ Dismissal of State Secretary Rüter . In: stk.niedersachsen.de . Press office of the Lower Saxony state government of August 22, 2017, accessed on October 2, 2018.
  17. ^ Lower Saxony committee of inquiry. Rüter refuses to testify . In: HAZ.de from September 22, 2017, accessed on October 2, 2018.
  18. ↑ Award affair: Second State Secretary loses his job . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . 22nd August 2017.
  19. ↑ Final report on the public procurement affair is available . In: NDR.de from November 7, 2017, accessed on October 2, 2018.
  20. ↑ Procurement affair: State secretaries are not charged. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
  21. ↑ https://www.stiftung-evz.de/stiftung/kuratorium/print.html. Retrieved March 15, 2018 .
  22. ↑ Michael Rüter. About the person . In: spdnds.de , accessed on October 2, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Ruter, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Wanne-Eickel