Volkmar Strauch
Volkmar Strauch (born January 1, 1943 in Halle ; † April 9, 2009 ) was a German politician ( SPD ). From 2002 to 2007 he was State Secretary in the State of Berlin .
Life
Volkmar Strauch grew up in Lower Saxony . He went to school in Celle , Hanover and East Lansing , Michigan (USA). After he had passed the baccalaureate at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Hanover, studied shrub 1962-1966 Law at the University of Marburg and the University of Kiel . After the first legal examination followed the legal preparatory service ( legal traineeship ) with stations in Plön , Kiel , Paris , London and Berlin and in 1970 the second state legal examination.
From 1971 to 1975 Volkmar Strauch worked as a research assistant at the Federal Cartel Office , after which he took over the management of the “State Cartel Authority, Consumer Policy, Price Policy, Public Procurement” in the Berlin Senate Department for Economics. He worked here until 1988 and then moved to the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry as managing director of the "Planning, Environment, Law, Finance" division . Since 2008 he has been a member of the Monday Club .
Strauch died in April 2009 after a serious illness.
politics
Volkmar Strauch had been a member of the SPD since 1971. When the red-red Senate was formed in January 2002, Strauch was brought in by then Senator for Economics, Gregor Gysi ( PDS / Die Linke ), as State Secretary in the Senate Department for Economics, Labor and Women (since November 2006 Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Women). Due to his age, Strauch resigned from his post as State Secretary in December 2007. Jens-Peter Heuer (Die Linke) was his successor .
Individual evidence
- ^ Gysis Mann für die Arbeit , Welt Online, January 24, 2002, accessed April 20, 2009.
Web links
- Harald Wolf deeply affected by the death of the former State Secretary. D. Prof. Volkmar Strauch (PDF; 29 kB) , press release from April 15, 2009, accessed on April 20, 2009
- Farewell: Volkmar Strauch died , Berliner Morgenpost, April 16, 2009, accessed on April 20, 2009
- Volkmar Strauch: With reason for the Berlin economy , Tagesspiegel, April 16, 2009, accessed on April 20, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strauch, Volkmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), State Secretary in Berlin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 2009 |