Roland Salchow

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Roland Salchow (born September 12, 1945 in Salzwedel ) is a German physicist and CDU politician .

He belonged to the Hamburg citizenship and became State Councilor for Science and Research in 2001, and also for Culture in 2004. Since leaving politics, he has worked in Chinese medicine as well as a lecturer and project manager at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg.

Life and work

Roland Salchow, who was born shortly after the end of the Second World War in Salzwedel in the Altmark , graduated from high school in Hamburg in 1965. It was followed from 1965 to 1972, the study of physics , mathematics and chemistry . In 1972 he finished his studies in physics with a diploma thesis on black holes in general relativity . This was followed in 1979 by a doctorate at the University of Hamburg on electron-phonon interaction (theoretical solid-state physics ).

From 1980 to 1990 he was a research assistant at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg and then became head of department at the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency . In 1991 Salchow was appointed director and professor . He held this position until 2001. During this period also the chairmanship of the international government committee for environmental monitoring of the Northeast Atlantic and the North Sea fell (1997-2002).

Since Salchow wrongly continued the second part of his official title ( professor ) after leaving the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency , the Hamburg public prosecutor initiated an investigation against him for misuse of his title, which was discontinued on payment of a fine.

During a visit to the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar in September 2004, he was attacked and seriously injured.

After leaving politics in 2008, Salchow became the founder and managing director of the HanseMerkur Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf . He has been Senior Research Advisor there since 2016 and is Deputy Chairman of the Research Advisory Board.

Since 2008 Salchow has also been a lecturer at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg. From 2017 he will be a member of the management team of the international project “Future of Orchestral Culture”.

Salchow is married and has a son (Boris, musician), the daughter (Ariane, † 1997) died in an accident.

politics

Salchow has been politically active in the CDU since 1966 . From 1975 to 1979 he was the deputy state chairman of the Junge Union in Hamburg. From 1980 to 1994 he was chairman of the local association Jarrestadt / Mühlenkamp within the CDU . From 1990 to 1999 he was deputy chairman of the CDU federal environmental committee.

From 1974 to 1979 he was a member of the district assembly in the Hamburg-Nord district . From 1978 to 2001 he was a member of the Hamburg Parliament ; he was u. a. Member of the Environment Committee and the Culture Committee. He was also the science-policy spokesman for his group. From June 1984 he was a member of the CDU parliamentary group executive. From 1993 he was deputy chairman of the CDU parliamentary group . In 1987 he and his parliamentary group colleague Berndt Röder spoke out against a household waste dump in the Hummelsbüttler Feldmark, as this would endanger one of the most important local recreation areas.

He was re-elected to the parliament for the 17th electoral term on September 23, 2001, but resigned on October 31 because of his appointment to the State Council .

After the conclusion of a coalition agreement between the CDU Schill party and the FDP , Salchow was initially discussed as a senator for the Environment and Health Authority . However, this department then went to the Schill politician Peter Rehaag . In November 2001, he took over the role of the State Council of the Science and Research Authority (now the Science and Health Authority). From March to August 2004 he was also State Councilor of the Cultural Authority . In 2008 he also resigned as a State Councilor for Science.

He was responsible for founding the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg, which started work in 2006.

Individual evidence

  1. "For him, environmental protection is a counterbalance" , in Hamburger Abendblatt of September 4, 1986, accessed on June 2, 2020.
  2. ^ R. Salchow, R. Liebmann, J. Appel: Electron-Phonon-Interaction g (q) in Polar Materials . In: Condensed Matter Physics . Vol.3. Plenum Press, New York 1981, pp. 379 ff .
  3. ^ R. Salchow: The Quality Status of the Northeast Atlantic and Adjacent Seas - QSR 2000. In: Proceedings of the EurOCEAN 2000 Conference: 29 August to 2 September, Hamburg, Germany . tape 19408 . European Commission, 2001, ISBN 92-894-1019-1 , pp. 133 .
  4. Wrong professor has to pay. In: mopo.de. January 1, 1970. Retrieved November 3, 2017 .
  5. ^ "Attempted murder of Hamburg State Councilor Salchow" , in: Die Welt from September 18, 2004, accessed May 30, 2020.
  6. The miracle of healing herbs. Die Welt, May 2, 2011
  7. 12, newspaper of the University of Music and Theater, October 1, 2017, editorial page 3, page 25.
  8. ^ "Friends rasten in den Tod" , in Hamburger Abendblatt from January 2, 1997, accessed on June 5, 2020.
  9. ^ "The Junge Union is happy about new strength and strength" , in Hamburger Abendblatt of April 7, 1975, accessed on May 30, 2020.
  10. ^ "Junge Union discusses youth problems" , in Hamburger Abendblatt of March 28, 1979, accessed on May 30, 2020.
  11. ↑ Anniversary publication 65 years of the CDU district association Hamburg-Nord. Soeth-Verlag, Glinde 2015, page 11.
  12. ^ R. Salchow: Time bomb garbage . State Center for Political Education, Hamburg 1992.
  13. “The faction board is complete” , in the Hamburger Abendblatt from June 19, 1984, accessed on June 1, 2020.
  14. "CDU wants to stop household waste dump" , in Hamburger Abendblatt of March 3, 1987, accessed on June 16, 2020.
  15. ^ "Only three cabinet members have been determined: The whole of Hamburg is speculating about the new senators" , in Wirtschaftswoche on October 16, 2001, accessed on June 1, 2020.
  16. Academy of Sciences starts work. Die Welt, February 10, 2006

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