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Heinz Riesenhuber | |
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 Riesenhuber in 2014 | |
| President by right of age of the Bundestag | |
| In office 27 October 2009 – 1 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Otto Schily |
| Succeeded by | Wolfgang Schäuble |
| Minister of Scientific Research | |
| In office 4 October 1982 – 21 January 1993 | |
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Andreas von Bülow |
| Succeeded by | Matthias Wissmann |
| Member of theBundestag forHesse | |
| In office 14 December 1976 – 24 October 2017 | |
| Succeeded by | Norbert Altenkamp |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1935-12-01)1 December 1935 (age 89) |
| Political party | CDU(1961–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Munich |
| Occupation | Chemist |
Heinz Friedrich Ruppert Riesenhuber (born 1 December 1935) is a German politician (CDU) who served asMinister of Scientific Research underChancellorHelmut Kohl from 1982 to 1993.
Riesenhuber received his high school diploma (Abitur) in 1955 inFrankfurt am Main. He studied economics and chemistry until 1961. He had a scholarship of the catholicCusanuswerk. From 1962 he worked for four years as a researcher in the department of chemistry at theJohann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität and earned aDoctorate degree in chemistry in 1965.
From 1966 to 1982 he worked forMetallgesellschaft AG, Frankfurt am Main. Within the Metallgesellschaft Group, he was CEO for the subsidiary "Erzgesellschaft mbH" (from 1968), and from 1971 to 1982Chief technical officer of "Synthomer Chemie GmbH", another subsidiary.[1]
He was co-president of the German-Japanese Cooperation Council for High-technology and Environmental Technology DJR inBonn.[2] Since 1995 he is honorary professor at the University of Frankfurt and president of the German Parliamentary Union (Deutsche Parlamentarischen Gesellschaft) since 2006.
Riesenhuber is a member of several governing boards and advisory committees of German and foreign companies and institutes. He lives inFrankfurt-Unterliederbach, is married and has four children.
Riesenhuber became a member of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) in 1961. Between 1965 and 1969 he was head of the youth organization of CDU (Junge Union) inHessen. He was chairman of CDU Frankfurt from 1973 to 1978. In 1979 he was elected as a chairman of CDU district Untermain (now FrankfurtRheinMain).
From 1976 to 2017, he served as a member of the federal German legislature, theBundestag. At first he was elected via theLandesliste ("state list"), then from 1980 he represented the electoral districtFrankfurt am Main I - Main-Taunus and since 2002 the districtMain-Taunus. This period of over 40 years has made him the third-longest member, afterWolfgang Schäuble andRichard Stücklen. In theelections of 2009 he attained 47,5 % of the votes, in2013 52,5 %.
On 4 October 1982 he was appointedMinister of Scientific Research by chancellorHelmut Kohl. He served as such until 21 January 1993.[1] During this time he supported theTransrapid and thewind turbineGrowian.
In 2009 he became the 17thAlterspräsident (Father of the House) of theBundestag due to his status as the oldest member of the legislature. He continued to hold this post in the following legislature.[3] In 2017 he did not run for parliament again.[4]
Riesenhuber earned anHonorary degree Dr. h.c. from
He was given a number of awards, including
His personal brand is hisbow tie, which he always wears. In his political campaigns for the Bundestag he used aposter showing only a bow tie in thenational colours of Germany: Black, red and gold. Neither his name nor his party was mentioned, but everybody in his constituency recognized Riesenhuber.
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