Social Market Economy Prize

The price social market economy of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation honors annually since 2002 personalities, working for the preservation and development of the social market economy have been used in an outstanding way. These are intended to provide substantive impetus for political work and emphasize the importance of the basic principles of the social market economy for the current challenges.

The foundation board decides on the award of the undoped award based on the proposal of a five-member jury chaired by former Minister of State Hildegard Müller . Further members are Claus-Michael Allmendinger , Michael Hüther , Karl-Josef Laumann and Franz Schoser .

Award winners

• 2002: Werner Otto
• 2003: Berthold Leibinger
• 2004: Helmut O. Maucher
• 2005: Hans B. Bauerfeind
• 2006: Sybill Storz
• 2007: Arend Oetker
• 2008: Peter Wichtel
• 2009: Hans Peter Stihl and Eva Mayr-Stihl
• 2010: Regina Görner , Jochen F. Kirchhoff and Walter Riester
• 2011: Reinhard Cardinal Marx
• 2013: Jürgen Hambrecht
• 2014: Heinrich Deichmann
• 2015: Friede Springer
• 2016: Brigitte Vöster-Alber
• 2017: Regulatory Control Council
• 2018: Ralph Dommermuth
• 2019: Gunter Heise

Web links

• Social market economy award from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
• Jury of the Social Market Economy Prize