Walter Konrad (media manager)
Walter Konrad (born January 3, 1935 in Würzburg ; † November 11, 2019 ) was a German lawyer , media manager and local politician ( CDU ). From 1996 to 2000 he was director of European satellite programs for the Second German Television . In 1995 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.
Life
Television career
Walter Konrad, who studied law, came to the newly founded ZDF in 1963 and joined the legal department there. In 1965, when he was only 30 years old, he became deputy legal advisor for the television station. In addition, he was later appointed data protection officer.
In 1982, under the director Dieter Stolte , Konrad switched to the programming department and became head of the main program planning department. In 1987 he became station manager of 3sat , which had only been established three years earlier . In this function, according to Stolte, he succeeded in establishing 3sat "as an outstanding representative of European media culture". So it was hardly surprising that in 1996 he succeeded Heinz Ungureit as the new Director of European Satellite Programs at ZDF. He was thus responsible for the ZDF shares in 3sat and also in arte . In December 1999 he also became head of the new ZDFtheaterkanal .
In February 2000, Konrad resigned from office for reasons of age. His successor as Director of European Satellite Programs was Gottfried Langenstein , who had previously headed the International Affairs Department.
Political activities
Walter Konrad became chairman of the Christian Democratic Students' Ring in 1958 , which he remained until 1959. In 1969 he moved into the Mainz city council as chairman of the Junge Union Mainz . He was a member of this until 1984, before he was re-elected to the city council in 1999. When he passed in July 2014 he received the badge of honor from the city of Mainz. In addition, he remained the cultural policy spokesman for the Mainz CDU until January 2017 and is senior representative of the CDU district association Mainz. The CDU local association Mainz-Bretzenheim elected him as its honorary chairman. From 2000 to 2009 he was President of the Academy of Performing Arts.
Konrad was a member of the board of directors of the German-Israeli society and in this capacity was significantly involved in the construction of the new Mainz synagogue .
Others
Konrad had been a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Markomannia Würzburg since 1954 . He lived in the Bretzenheim district of Mainz . On his initiative, the Mainz-Dijon Circle of Friends was created, which he chaired for 26 years and of which he was honorary chairman from 2012.
Awards and honors
- 1984: Ring of Honor of the City of Mainz
- 1985: Gutenberg statuette from the city of Mainz
- 1995: Gutenberg badge from the city of Mainz
- 1995: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 2001: Freiherr vom Stein plaque (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- 2003: Great Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2005: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 2014: Badge of Honor of the City of Mainz
Web links
- Short biography of Dr. Walter Konrad on Who's Who
- Change of staff at the ZDF management level: Dr. Walter Konrad adopted as Director of European Satellite Programs , presseportal.de , February 1, 2000
- Culture sponsor and Christian Democrat Walter Konrad celebrates his 80th birthday , Allgemeine Zeitung, January 3, 2015
References and comments
- ^ ZDF mourns Walter Konrad. Report on infosat.de, November 13, 2019. Accessed November 13, 2019.
- ↑ Who's Who calls the year 1967
- ↑ CDU has new cultural spokesman. Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz, January 14, 2017, accessed on November 1, 2017 .
- ↑ CDU District Association Mainz - There is a lot to do - Konrad, Dr. Walter
- ↑ Article on the 70th anniversary of the local association
- ↑ 3sat press release: Former ZDF director honored: Dr. Walter Konrad receives award from the Republic of Austria , presseportal.de , March 11, 2003
Fritz Flick and Ernst Benda (1951–1952) | Wolfgang Brüggemann (1952–1953) | Konrad Kraske (1953–1956) | Willfried Gaddum (1956–1958) | Walter Konrad (1958–1959) | Dieter Ibielski (1959–1961) | Martin Ratmann (1961–1962) | Hans-Jürgen Vogt (1962–1963) | Kurt Struppek (1963–1965) | Gert Hammer (1965–1967) | Wulf Schönbohm (1967–1968) | Uwe-Rainer Simon (1968–1970) | Gerd Langguth (1970–1974) | Ulrich Schröder (1974–1975) | Hans Reckers (1975–1977) | Friedbert Pflüger (1977–1978) | Günther Heckelmann (1978–1979) | Stephan Eisel (1979–1980) | Stefan Dingerkus (1980–1981) | Johannes Weberling (1981–1983) | Franz Dormann (1983–1985) | Christoph Brand (1985–1987) | Jürgen Hardt (1987–1989) | Christian Schede (1989–1990) | Marcel Kaufmann (1990–1991) | Christian Schneller (1991–1992) | Eckhard Wälzholz (1992–1993) | Tamara Zieschang (1993-1994) | Oliver Röseler (1994–1995) | Wichard von der Heyden (1995–1996) | Rasmus Tenbergen (1996-1997) | Oliver Nölken (1997–1998) | Fabian Magerl (1998–1999) | Mario Voigt (1999–2000) | Carsten Schwarz (2000–2001) | Lars Kasischke (2001–2002) | Barbara von Wnuk-Lipinski (2002–2004) | Dorlies Last (2004–2006) | Tim Küsters (2006–2007) | Matthias Kutsch (2007–2008) | Gottfried Ludewig (2008–2010) | Stefan Holz (2010) | Dennis Kahle (2010–2011) | Frederik Ferreau (2011–2012) | Erik Bertram (2012–2013) | Martin Röckert (2013–2015) | Jenovan Krishnan (2015-2017) | Henrik Wärner (2017–2019) | Sebastian Mathes (since 2019)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Konrad, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and media manager, director of European satellite programs at ZDF |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 2019 |