Ludwig Stiegler | |
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 Stiegler in 2009 | |
| Chairman of theSPD Parliamentary Group in theBundestag | |
| In office 19 July 2002 – 23 September 2002 | |
| Chancellor | Gerhard Schröder |
| Preceded by | Peter Struck |
| Succeeded by | Franz Müntefering |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1944-04-09)9 April 1944 (age 81) |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; University of Bonn |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Ludwig Stiegler (born 9 April 1944 inParsberg) is a German politician.He was chairman of theSPD's group in theBundestag in 2002[1] and deputy chairman - with the exception of the period as a chairman - from 1998 to 2007. From 2003 to 2009, Stiegler was chairman of theSPD Bavaria.
Stiegler finished high school in 1964. From 1964 to 1967 he was a soldier of theBundeswehr. Afterwards he studiedlaw,sociology andpolitical science inBonn andMunich. He finished in 1976 with the second juridicalStaatsexamen (Bar examination). Since that he has worked as a lawyer.[1]
In 1964 Stiegler joined theSPD. Since 1999 he has been a member of the federal executive board and in 2005 he became a member of the SPD-Presidium. For a short period he was chairman of the party'sparliamentary group (July–October 2002), before and afterwards he acted as deputy chairman (1998-2007). Stiegler has been a member of theBundestag since 1980. In 2003 he was elected chairman of the SPD in the state ofBavaria and held this office until 2009.
Stiegler has been criticized several times for controversial statements. In July 2002 he said that theCDU andFDP didn't have the right to criticize then Federal Minister of the Interior and formerRAF-lawyerOtto Schily in relation to the attempt to ban thefar-rightNPD, because "the forerunners of CDU and FDP helped bringAdolf Hitler to power."
In July 2005 he said that the only thing that came to his mind in relation to the CDU/CSU's slogan during the election campaignSozial ist, was Arbeit schafft! ("Social is that which creates work") was the line at the door to Nazi Germany's death campAuschwitz-Birkenau: "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work makes free").
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