Joachim Pfeiffer
Joachim Pfeiffer | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
In office 2002–2021 | |
Succeeded by | Christina Stumpp |
Personal details | |
Born | CDU | 25 April 1967
Alma mater | University of Stuttgart |
Occupation | Politician |
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Early life and career
Pfeiffer studied business economics at the University of Stuttgart. From 1992-1997, he worked for the electricity supply company Energie Versorgung Schwaben AG (EVS), where he was involved in controlling, mergers and acquisitions and public-private partnerships. He received his doctorate in 1997, and from 1997 until 2002 he was the head of economic and employment promotion activities for Stuttgart. Since 2006, he has been giving lectures on energy policy at the Institute of Energy Economics and the Rational Use of Energy at the University of Stuttgart.[2]
Political career
Pfeiffer represented the Waiblingen constituency from the 2002 election. During the first coalition government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2005-2009, he served as the CDU/CSU parliamentary group’s coordinator for energy issues and as deputy spokesperson for economic affairs.[3] Since 2014, he has been the group's spokesperson for economic affairs and energy.
In addition to his committee assignments, Pfeiffer was a member of the German-French Parliamentary Friendship Group as well as of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the
In the negotiations to form a coalition government following the 2009 federal elections, Pfeiffer was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on economic affairs and energy policy, led by Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and Rainer Brüderle. He has since served as the CDU/CSU parliamentary group’s spokesperson for economic affairs. Following the 2013 federal elections, he was part of the CDU/CSU team in the negotiations with the SPD on a coalition agreement.
Pfeiffer won his constituency a fifth time in the 2017 election. By 2021, after several party members resigned from their seats amid corruption accusations, Pfeiffer too became the subject of journalistic investigations into his business activities. In April 2021 he announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections, but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[6] In a public statement he explained he did not want to give up lucrative side jobs which, according to him, had helped rather than hampered, his independence as policy maker.
Life after politics
Since 2022, Pfeiffer has been an associate partner at public affairs agency Kekst CNC in Berlin.[7]
Political positions
In 2008, Pfeiffer led a legislative effort to cut price subsidies for renewable energies by as much as 30 percent the following year; lawmakers eventually compromised on an 8 to 10 percent annual decrease over the subsequent three years.[8]
During the
On a 2011 trip to Tajikistan, he expressed support for the Rogun Dam project, calling "the best project for the development of the region.“[10]
When
In June 2017, Pfeiffer voted against Germany’s introduction of
Other activities
Regulatory bodies
- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Board (since 2012)[15]
Corporate boards
- Hitachi Power Europe GmbH, Member of the Advisory Board (2011)[16]
Non-profit organizations
- Bundesverband Bioenergie (BBE), Member of the Advisory Board (2011)[17]
- Global Panel Foundation, Member of the Advisory Board[18]
- Rotary International, Member
- Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Trilateral Commission, Member of the European Group
- Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart, Member of the Supervisory Board
- German-Jordanian Society, Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board[19]
References
- ^ Stromleitungen kosten 50 Milliarden, Tageszeitung TAZ, 15 April 2011, accessed 17 September 2012
- ^ Speakers: Joachim Pfeiffer Energy Talks Ossiach 2014.
- ^ Speakers: Joachim Pfeiffer Energy Talks Ossiach 2014.
- Spiegel Online.
- ^ Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly Archived 24 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine Deutscher Bundestag.
- ^ Nikolaus Doll and Claus Christian Malzahn (April 10, 2021), Nach Hackerangriff: CDU-Bundestagsabgeordneter Joachim Pfeiffer legt Sprecheramt nieder Die Welt.
- ^ Kekst CNC baut Standort Berlin weiter aus Kekst CNC, press release of 13 January 2022.
- Wall Street Journal.
- New York Times.
- ^ Dr. Joachim Pfeiffer: The Rogun project is best project for the development of the region Embassy of Tajikistan to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, press release of June 22, 2011.
- Spiegel Online, March 10, 2010.
- ^ Ralf Beste, Dietmar Hipp, Ralf Neukirch and Thomas Wiegold (July 12, 2011), Contradiction Coalition: Tank Deal Reveals New Arms Exports Approach Der Spiegel.
- ^ Gabriel to call for Badawi release, negotiate contracts Deutsche Welle, March 7, 2015.
- ^ Diese Unionsabgeordneten stimmten für die Ehe für alle Die Welt, June 30, 2017.
- ^ Speakers: Joachim Pfeiffer Energy Talks Ossiach 2014.
- ^ Tobias Romberg (May 19, 2011), Ritter der Schwafelrunde Die Zeit.
- ^ Tobias Romberg (May 19, 2011), Ritter der Schwafelrunde Die Zeit.
- ^ "Global Panel Foundation | Meeting the World in Person". Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ Parliamentary Advisory Board German-Jordanian Society.
External links
- http://www.joachim-pfeiffer.info
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120826155314/http://www.bundestag.de/bundestag/abgeordnete17/biografien/P/pfeiffer_joachim.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090728074415/http://www.cdu-region-stuttgart.de/Vorstand.6.0.html
- http://www.cducsu.de/Titel__Dr_Joachim_Pfeiffer/TabID__23/SubTabID__24/AbgLetter__80/AbgID__134/Abgeordnete.a[permanent dead link]
- http://www.polixea-profile.de/
- http://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/dr_joachim_pfeiffer-575-37865.html
- Interview (German) regarding Bundestagswahl 2017 (August 23, 2017)