Axel Troost
Axel Troost | |
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Member of Bundestag | |
In office 2005–2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 September 1954 |
Died | 6 January 2023 | (aged 68)
Political party | The Left |
Occupation | Politician Economist |
Axel Troost (1 September 1954 – 6 January 2023) was a German economist and politician. He was a member of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2017 and a brief period in 2021.
From 2012, he was one of the four Vice Chairmen of his party (Die Linke).[1]
Life
Education and career
Born in Hagen, Troost obtained Abitur at Schule Schloss Salem in 1973, and studied economics at Philipps-Universität Marburg, where he obtained a doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in 1982 with a thesis on the subject of national debt and credit institutes – public borrowing in the context of the overall lending and service operations of commercial banks.[2] Troost was head of the Working Group on Alternative Economic Policy (Arbeitsgruppe Alternative Wirtschaftspolitik) since 1981 and managing director of the Progress Institute for Economic Research (PIW GmbH) in Bremen and Teltow since 1984. He also worked as managing director of the Office for Structural Research Rostock (BÜSTRO) in Rostock from 1990 to 2001.[3]
Political career
Troost was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (
Parliamentary activities
Troost was a Member of the German
Other activities
Troost was a member of the executive committee of the
Personal life and death
Axel Troost was married and had two children.[15] He died on 6 January 2023, at the age of 68.[16]
Publications (in English)
Axel Troost, Lisa Paus: A European Clearing Union – The Monetary Union 2.0, March 2011
Axel Troost, Philipp Hersel: How a Socialization of the German Banking System might look, 2012, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, New York
Klaus Busch, Axel Troost, Gesine Schwan, Frank Bsirske, Joachim Bischoff, Mechthild Schrooten, Harald Wolf: A Europe built on solidarity is possible. Pamphlet for another European Union, November 2016
References
- ^ Axel Troost, DIE LINKE - Biography. Website of the German Bundestag. Retrieved 1 March 2017
- ^ "Axel Troost: Staatsverschuldung und Kreditinstitute. 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Axel Troost, DIE LINKE - Biography. Website of the German Bundestag. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ HBpublik, politic and economy. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Axel Troost, DIE LINKE - Biography. Website of the German Bundestag. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ How the WASG has changed the republic. Article from WELT (19 May 2008). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ LINKE: Choice of party committee 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Axel Troost, DIE LINKE - Biography. Website of the German Bundestag. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Commission on the Modernization of Federal-Countries-Financial Relations. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ HRE: The committee was a success. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Federal election 2013: Selected candidates. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Axel Troost, DIE LINKE - Biography. Website of the German Bundestag. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ ISM: Committee of the institute. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Axel Troost, DIE LINKE - Biography. Website of the German Bundestag. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ Axel Troost, DIE LINKE - Biography. Website of the German Bundestag. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Linke trauert um langjährigen sächsischen Abgeordneten". Sächsische. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
External links
- (in German) Troost's Homepage in German
- (in German) Biography at the Bundestag
- (in German) Profile at the Bundestag Group of Left Party
- (in German) Arbeitsgruppe Alternative Wirtschaftspolitik (Working Group on Alternative Economic Policy)