Wolfgang Leidig
Wolfgang Leidig (born September 26, 1954 in Ulm ) is a German politician ( SPD ), was Lord Mayor of Schwäbisch Gmünd and Head of Office and Ministerial Director in the Ministry of Finance and Economics of the State of Baden-Württemberg .
Life
After graduating from high school in 1973 in Albstadt- Ebingen , Leidig began studying mathematics at the University of Tübingen . After completing his intermediate diploma in 1975, he switched to studying administrative sciences at the University of Konstanz , which he did after studying abroad at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and working as an attaché at the Permanent Mission of the European Communities to the United Nations in New York in 1982 graduated with a diploma. This was followed by a legal clerkship in the state of Baden-Württemberg, which he completed with the second state examination in 1984, before taking up a position at the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology the following year . From 1993 to 2001 positions at the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior as a deputy head of department and at the Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of Economics as a department head.
In 2001, Leidig stood for election as Lord Mayor of the town of Schwäbisch Gmünd in Baden-Württemberg and prevailed against the CDU politician Klaus Michael Rückert with a 67 percent approval rating . In the regular mayoral election in Schwäbisch Gmünd in 2009, Leidig lost 44.2 percent of the vote against CDU politician Richard Arnold .
After his electoral defeat, Leidig got involved in the East African Community on behalf of the Society for International Cooperation before he became Ministerial Director in the Ministry of Finance and Economics of Baden-Württemberg on May 30, 2011. In other federal states, this position corresponds to a state secretary . On April 15, 2014, his release was announced.
Wolfgang Leidig is married to Christine Blaschczok, who has a doctorate in law and has two children. The Gmünder Einhorn-Tunnel was named after his wife following tradition during the construction period.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Wolfgang Leidig released from April 15, 2014 on remszeitung.de.
Adolph Untersee (1878-1893) | Paul Möhler (1894–1922) | Karl Lüllig (1923–1934) | Karl Hägele (1934, provisional) | Franz Konrad (1934–1945) | Emil Rudolph (1945–1946, acting) | Franz Czisch (1946–1948) | Hermann Kah (1948–1954) | Franz Konrad (1954–1956) | Julius Klaus (1957-1965) | Hansludwig Scheffold (1965–1969) | Norbert Schoch (1970–1986) | Wolfgang Schuster (1986–1992) | Gerhard Rembold (1992–2001) | Wolfgang Leidig (2001–2009) | Richard Arnold (since 2009)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sorry, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Ministerial Director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ulm |