Walter Radermacher
Walter Radermacher (born June 10, 1952 in Walheim near Aachen ), business economist , was Director General of Eurostat from 2008 to 2016 , before that he was a long-time employee and most recently President of the Federal Statistical Office .
Life
After completing his studies in business administration in Aachen and Münster , Radermacher joined the Federal Statistical Office in 1978. Radermacher gained his first experience in the trade statistics and especially in the planning and implementation of the trade and restaurant census in 1985, the first large census in Germany after the census ruling of 1983. He then worked on the implementation of modern geographic information systems in official statistics . In the 1990s, he set up the environmental and economic accounts (UGR) at the Federal Statistical Office and brought the German UGR international recognition.
Since 1998 he has been involved - initially in charge of organization and from 2001 to mid-2003 as head of administration at the Federal Statistical Office - for administrative modernization, for example by introducing a modern quality management system, a personnel development system and controlling. At the end of 2003 Walter Radermacher was appointed Vice President of the Federal Statistical Office and in December 2006 President.
As President of the Federal Statistical Office, Radermacher also took over the chairmanship of the Council Working Group on Statistics during the German EU Council Presidency (1st half of 2007) . German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble appointed Radermacher during its inauguration (Jan. 18, 2007) also with effect from 19 January 2007 Federal Election . Traditionally, the office of Federal Returning Officer is held by the respective President of the Federal Statistical Office.
On August 1, 2008, Radermacher was appointed Director General of Eurostat . He remained in office until the end of 2016, followed by Mariana Kotzeva on January 1, 2017.
Radermacher has been married since 1976 and has two grown daughters and two grandchildren.
Web links
- Brief description of Radermacher at bundeswahlleiter.de
Individual evidence
Gerhard Fürst (1948–1964) | Patrick Schmidt (1964–1972) | Hildegard Bartels (1972–1980) | Franz Kroppenstedt (1980–1983) | Egon Hölder (1983–1992) | Hans Günther Merk (1992–1995) | Johann Hahlen (1995–2006) | Walter Radermacher (2006–2008) | Roderich Egeler (2008–2015) | Dieter Sarreither (2015–2017) | Georg Thiel (since 2017)
The President of the Federal Statistical Office has traditionally been appointed Federal Returning Officer since 1953 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Radermacher, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German business economist, former President of the Federal Statistical Office, Director General of Eurostat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Walheim near Aachen |