Rainer Offergeld

Rainer Offergeld (1982)

Rainer Offergeld (* 26. December 1937 in Genoa , Italy ) is a German politician of the SPD . Offergeld was a member of the German Bundestag from 1969 to 1984 . From 1978 to 1982 he was Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation . From 1984 to 1995 he was Lord Mayor of Lörrach .

Life

Training and entry into the SPD

After graduating from high school in Meersburg on Lake Constance in 1957, Offergeld studied law and economics , which he began at the University of Frankfurt am Main . In 1961 he passed his first and in 1965 his second state examination in law . He spent his legal traineeship in Berlin, Konstanz, Lyon and Waldshut, among others. In 1963 he joined the SPD and became chairman of the Waldshut district association. In addition, he was active as a local councilor and district councilor.

Federal Minister

From 1965 to 1967 Offergeld first worked in the judicial service, then in tax administration, until he settled in Tiengen in 1969 as a specialist lawyer for tax law . In the same year he lost to the then Federal Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger in the fight for the direct mandate of the Bundestag, but was able to become a member of the German Bundestag via the state list of the SPD in Baden-Württemberg . In March 1972 Offergeld was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Economics and Finance on the proposal of Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt . Despite being re-elected to the Bundestag in November 1972, Konrad Porzner received his position; Offergeld continued to serve as vice chairman of the finance committee. From January 24, 1975 to 1978, he worked in the same function at the Federal Minister of Finance . From February 16, 1978 to October 1, 1982 he served as Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation in the Federal Government led by Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt . With the overthrow of the Schmidt government through a constructive vote of no confidence , Offergeld lost his ministerial post. Although he was re-elected in the Bundestag election in 1983 , he resigned his mandate as he was elected Lord Mayor of Loerrach in December 1983. He prevailed in the election campaign against the later district administrator Alois Rübsamen .

Lord Mayor of Loerrach

From 1984 to 1995 he was Lord Mayor of the city of Lörrach . During his tenure, the expansion of the pedestrian zone in Lörrach was significantly advanced. He redeveloped the city budget and triggered a private and economic boom in cultural and investment policy. In January 1995 he gave up his position as Lord Mayor and became spokesman for the management of Thermoselect Südwest GmbH . He was admitted to the bar in January 1997 and currently works as a specialist lawyer for tax law in a law firm in Lörrach.

Private

Rainer Offergeld is married and has three daughters.

Honors

• 1980: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1983: Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2018: Honorary citizen of the city of Lörrach

Fonts

• Development strategy for the 80s, opportunity or commitment. Lecture on the occasion of the general meeting of the Association of Independent Consulting Engineers eV (VUBI) on June 11, 1980 in “La Redoute” Bonn-Bad Godesberg. Association of Independent Consulting Engineers eV, Bonn 1980.
• Development Assistance. Adventure or politics? (= Bonn aktuell , vol. 72). Verlag Bonn Aktuell, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-87959-144-X .

literature

• Wolfgang Gieler (Ed.): German Development Minister from 1961–2008. Biography, conceptions and influence on national and international development policy. Scientia Bonnensis, Bonn 2008, ISBN 978-3-940766-07-6 , pp. 78-85.
• Michael Bohnet : History of German Development Policy: Strategies, Interior Views, Contemporary Witnesses , Challenges , Konstanz / Munich, UVK Verlagsgesellschaft 2015 (utb4320), ISBN 978-3-8252-4320-3 , pp. 95-109.

Web links

Commons : Rainer Offergeld  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Der Spiegel : Dull silence. , April 9, 1979
• Der Spiegel: At least 20 million more , February 3, 1975 - An interview with Finance State Secretary Rainer Offergeld
• Badische Zeitung : Former OB Offergeld is an honorary citizen , article from January 9, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ Special Service, Inter Nationes., 1976, p. 102
2. ↑ Gieler (Ed.): German Development Ministers from 1961–2008. 2008, p. 78.
3. ↑ Die Oberbadische : Der Stadtgestalter , article from December 23, 2017, last accessed on May 23, 2019
4. ↑ Gieler (Ed.): German Development Ministers from 1961–2008. 2008, p. 79.