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Thaddäus Kunzmann 2013

Thaddäus Kunzmann (born January 6, 1964 in Stuttgart ) is a German CDU politician and was a member of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg from 2011 to 2016 . He is the demography officer in the green-black state government.

education and profession

Thaddäus Kunzmann grew up in Nürtingen and attended the Ersbergschule, today's Geschwister-Scholl-Realschule and the Albert-Schäffle-Schule, which he graduated with the general university entrance qualification. This was followed by training as an industrial clerk in a construction chemistry company in Esslingen am Neckar . He then worked there in the logistics department.

Political activity

In 1980 Thaddäus Kunzmann joined the Young Union Nürtingen, and in 1983 the CDU.

Partly anti-Semitic statements

In 1986 Kunzmann caused a sensation nationwide because of some anti-Semitic statements, for example in “ Die Zeit ”: “Shortly afterwards, the district chairman of the Junge Union in Esslingen, Thaddäus Kunzmann, spoke about the arrogance of Israel, our democratic constitutional state responsible for the murder of Jews in the Third Reich to do '. ”In this context, Kunzmann said:“' Stop complexism 'I say! Let's confess to ourselves again. "

Political functions

In the CDU he has been chairman of the Esslingen district association since 2001 and of the Nürtingen city association since 2002. In 1994 he was elected for the first time for the "Young Citizens of Nürtingen" (JBN) in the Nürtingen City Council, of which he is still a member. In 2009 he was elected chairman of the CDU parliamentary group. From 2004 to mid-2011, he was also a member of the regional assembly of the Stuttgart Region Association and the planning and economic committee there. From 1993 onwards he worked exclusively for the CDU. From 1993 to 1999 he worked as a member of the Bundestag Elmar Müller . From 1999 to 2005 he worked at the Baden-Württemberg State Association of the German Economic Council as a consultant for the President of the Economic Council and MEP Kurt Lauk and from 2005 to 2011 as a member of the Bundestag Member Michael Hennrich .

In the state elections in 2011 , Kunzmann won the direct mandate in the Nürtingen constituency and thus prevailed with 39.7 percent of the votes against the top candidate of the Greens and later Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann , who achieved a second mandate in this constituency with 25.7 percent. Kai Holoch from the Stuttgarter Zeitung summed up: "At that time he quit the job in the office of CDU member of the Bundestag Michael Hennrich and has only been a member of the state parliament ever since". In the state elections in Baden-Württemberg in 2016 , however, he lost the direct mandate to Kretschmann; as his percentage result in the second count was below that of most of the other CDU constituency candidates in Baden-Württemberg, he missed re-entry into the state parliament. The previous MP has been working as a demography officer in the green-black state government since March 1, 2017.

As a demography officer, Kunzmann works “full-time and is not bound by instructions from the state government.

The demography officer should serve as a contact for citizens, the municipalities, the economy and social actors in the state and make the challenges and solution concepts associated with demographic change accessible to the public. "

Connotation against asylum seekers

Kunzmann mentioned asylum seekers in the election campaign in February 2016 with a negative connotation: So far, “nobody (...) has yet quantified the health costs that will be incurred for the treatment of asylum seekers”.

Criticism of racism demos on Facebook with the statement that George Floyd was a violent criminal

In connection with the police violence resulting in death against George Floyd , Kunzmann criticized the "current demonstrations against racism and police violence". Kunzmann wrote in his private Facebook account in June 2020 that “there is no problem with police violence in Germany and that George Floyd was a 'violent criminal'”.

The editors of the Stuttgarter Nachrichten secured this Facebook entry, which has meanwhile been deleted by Kunzmann, with screenshots. Among other things, it says: “Caution. The following lines are politically incorrect ... Part of the truth is that Floyd was a violent criminal with a considerable criminal record. None of us wanted to meet him at night. I think that's part of the truth. If thousands of people demonstrated 'against racism and police violence' in Germany today, then that is going too far for me. Somehow I don't want to make an icon out of a violent criminal. The title and many statements suggest that racism and police violence are commonplace in Germany. "

This led to distancing and demands for resignation. The SPD general secretary of Baden-Württemberg, Sascha Binder, asked the German press agency for Kunzmann's resignation: “Kunzmann is no longer allowed to represent our cosmopolitan country.” In the Nürtinger Zeitung, Kunzmann's Facebook post was commented as “unbearable” and “unbearable”: “The video the arrest of Floyd is unbearable. Kunzmann's post on his Facebook page is also unbearable to read ... Such a statement is not only unbearable, but also unbearable. "The state government spokesman Rudi Hoogvliet in the Stuttgart State Ministry" reacted indignantly: 'This is total nonsense ... What does George Floyd's criminal record have to do with how this man died? That is not to be excused ... The fact that people demonstrate against police violence and racism is only and exclusively to be welcomed. ”A comment in the Esslinger Zeitung headlined:“ Pathetic attempt at profiling at the expense of a person killed. ”He sums up:“ His words were kicked the already dead body of Geroge Floyd. "The Baden-Württemberg Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann, on the other hand," does not want to comment on Thaddäus Kunzmann - but the Minister of Social Affairs should read him the riot act. "However, he later commented as follows:" First of all, you have to come along talk to those affected ... That is simply a requirement of fairness. ”The State Ministry of Social Affairs distanced itself“ in the strictest ”via Twitter.

Memberships

Thaddäus Kunzmann has been a member of the “Zu den Drei Linden” lodge in Nürtingen since 2006 and has been a member of the Neckar-Fils supervisory board since 2010 . Since 2015 he has been a member of the advisory board of the University Association of the University of Economics and Environment Nürtingen-Geislingen e. V.

Other voluntary activities

Kunzmann has been a city councilor in Nürtingen since 1994. From 2010 to 2014 he was chairman of the CDU municipal council. He has been a member of the district council in the Esslingen district since 2014, and has been the city commissioner of the Malteser Aid Service Nürtingen since 2010.

Family and private

Thaddäus Kunzmann lives in Nürtingen and is married.

Press

  • Cicero. Journal for the young genius of the Junge Union Nürtingen from December 1985
  • Horst Diening: Comment on the comment. Cicero, think about it! An opinion contribution by JU member Kunzmann caused a sensation nationwide - relationship to Israel. In: Nürtinger Zeitung , January 31, 1986

Web links

Commons : Thaddäus Kunzmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the CDU City Association of Nürtingen, Thaddäus Kunzmann was born in 1963, Thaddäus Kunzmann refutes this on his own website
  2. ↑ Robert Leicht: The taboo breaks. Anti-Semitism speaks up again. In: Zeit online , February 14, 1986
  3. ↑ Kai Holoch: Free travel on the Fildern. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , February 22, 2016
  4. ↑ http://www.stimme.de/suedwesten/nachrichten/pl/Ex-Aborderer-Kunzmann-CDU-wird-neuer-Demografiebeauftragter-des-Landes;art19070,3676748 Michael Schwarz: Ex-MP Kunzmann (CDU) is newer Demography officer of the country
  5. ↑ https://sozialministerium.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/ministerium/demografiebeauftragter/ Thaddäus Kunzmann. State Demography Officer, Ministry of Social Affairs website, accessed June 9, 2020
  6. ↑ Kai Holoch: Free travel on the Fildern. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , February 22, 2016
  7. ↑ Matthäus Klemke: Kunzmann criticizes racism demo, in: Nürtinger Zeitung of June 9, 2020
  8. ↑ https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.polizeigewalt-in-deutschland-ruecktrittsendung-wegen-facebookpost.96d602b2-dd5a-48ec-916c-a647b798a81c.html Christiane Rebhan: Demography officer in Baden-Württemberg, request for resignation due to Facebook post about police violence, in: Stuttgarter Nachrichten of January 8, 2020, accessed on January 8, 2020
  9. ↑ https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.polizeigewalt-in-deutschland-ruecktrittsendung-wegen-facebookpost.96d602b2-dd5a-48ec-916c-a647b798a81c.html Christiane Rebhan: Demography officer in Baden-Württemberg, request for resignation due to Facebook post about police violence, in: Stuttgarter Nachrichten "from January 8, 2020, accessed on January 8, 2020
  10. ↑ Ibid
  11. ↑ https://www.swp.de/suedwesten/landespolitik/spd- sucht-ruecktritt-von- demografiebeauftragtem- 46878739.html SPD demands resignation of the demography officer, Südwestpresse of January 8, 2020, accessed on January 9, 2020
  12. ↑ https://www.ntz.de/nachrichten/nuertingen/artikel/einfach-unertraeglich/ Matthäus Klemke: Comment. Simply unbearable, Nürtinger Zeitung from June 9, 2020, accessed on June 9, 2020
  13. ↑ Matthäus Klemke: Matthäus Klemke: Commentary. Simply unbearable, in: Nürtinger Zeitung from June 9, 2020
  14. ↑ Matthäus Klemke: Kunzmann criticizes racism demo, in: Nürtinger Zeitung of June 9, 2020
  15. ↑ https://www.esslinger-zeitung.de/inhalt.kommentar-zu-kunzmann-post-ueber-floyd-erbaermlicher-profilierungsversuch-auf-kosten-eines-erschlagenen.3823f8b5-dd75-4845-823d-3ab6355c597e.html Johannes M. Fischer: Pathetic profiling attempt at the expense of a dead person, in: Eßlinger Zeitung, allegedly from May 31, 2019, accessed on June 10, 2020
  16. ↑ https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.kretschmann-ueber-facebook-post-zu-polizeigewalt-lucha-soll-demografiebeauftragtem-die-leviten-lesen.29b53f6f-3ebf-48f2-8be0-93f36f099c52.html Sascha Maier: Kretschmann on Facebook post about police violence. Lucha is supposed to "read the riot act" to the demography officer, in: Stuttgarter Nachrichten of June 9, 2020.
  17. ↑ https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/spd- sucht-ruecktritt-von-kunzmann- 100.html After comments on George Floyd. Kretschmann calls for the demography officer to “read the riot act”, in: SWR aktuell, Baden-Württemberg, accessed on June 10, 2020
  18. ↑ https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/spd- sucht-ruecktritt-von-kunzmann- 100.html After comments on George Floyd. Kretschmann calls for the demography officer to "read the Levites", in: SWR aktuell, Baden-Württemberg, on June 9, 2020, 6:53 p.m., accessed on June 10, 2020
  19. ↑ https://sozialministerium.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/ministerium/demografiebeauftragter/lebenslauf-thaddaeus-kunzmann/ Thaddäus Kunzmann's curriculum vitae on the website of the Ministry of Social Affairs
  20. ↑ https://sozialministerium.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/ministerium/demografiebeauftragter/lebenslauf-thaddaeus-kunzmann/ Thaddäus Kunzmann's curriculum vitae on the website of the Ministry of Social Affairs, accessed on June 9, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Kunzmann, Squidward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart