Patrick Opdenhövel

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Patrick Opdenhövel (born February 27, 1964 in Duisburg ) is a German historian , ministerial and political official and politician ( CDU ). He has been State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia since June 30, 2017 .

Life

Education and scientific activity

After his Abitur at the Käthe-Kollwitz-Gymnasium in Duisburg- Ruhrort (1983) Opdenhövel took up a study in the subjects of modern history , political science and philosophy at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster on (1983-1992), which he with the promotion ended . From 1994 to 1995 he was a lecturer at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz in the American Studies department .

Political career

Between 1993 and 1996, Opdenhövel was the state manager of the Junge Union in Hesse. After working as a research assistant at the CDU Lower Saxony in 1996 , the historian became a consultant in the fundamental issues / political planning department of the CDU federal office, where he also worked in the position of deputy head from September 1997. In 1999 he moved to the personal office of the Hessian Prime Minister, Roland Koch . There he was head of the policy department until 2004 before he became head of the "Political Planning and Controlling" department and deputy head of the "Planning and Controlling" department in the Hessian State Chancellery as well as the church commissioner. In 2006, under Prime Minister Jürgen Rüttgers, he became head of Department II, "Department coordination", in the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia . After Hannelore Kraft took over the post of Prime Minister in 2010, he moved to the Ministry of Finance of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, where he was head of Department VI.

On June 30, 2017, Patrick Opdenhövel was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance of North Rhine-Westphalia by Prime Minister Armin Laschet in the course of the formation of the Laschet cabinet . He became the successor to Rüdiger Messal .

Memberships in supervisory and administrative boards

Dr. Patrick Opdenhövel is officially represented in various committees in various functions.

patronage

Dr. Patrick Opdenhövel has been the patron of the Orchester der Landesregierung Düsseldorf e. V. (OdL).

Private

Opdenhövel is married and has one son.

Fonts

  • Canadian-German Relations in the Interwar Period: Trade and Foreign Policy 1919–1939. ( Dissertation ), Frankfurt am Main : Lang , 1993, ISBN 978-3-631-45996-6 .
  • German Foreign Policy Against the Background of Change in Eastern Europe 1989–1993 , in: Liberalismus, Parlamentarismus und Demokratie. Festschrift for Manfred Botzenhart on his 60th birthday, ed. v. Michael Epkenhans, Martin Kottkamp, ​​Lothar Snyders, Göttingen: Cuvillier, 1994, pp. 327 to 355, ISBN 3-89588-021-3 .
  • The demographic challenge for politics and economy in Hessen: data, facts, options for action , in: Zukunft Hessen, Zukunft Deutschland. Opportunities of the Demographic Challenge, ed. v. Association of Hessian Business Associations V., Cologne: Deutscher Instituts-Verlag, 2005, pp. 17-28, ISBN 3-602-14711-8 .

Sources and further reading

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oliver Schmeer: Duisburger is State Secretary in the NRW Ministry of Finance. In: waz.de. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , August 19, 2017, accessed December 25, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Opdenhövel, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist, ministerial and political official and politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg