Karl Schiller
Karl Schiller | |
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Minister of Economic Affairs | |
| In office 1 December 1966 – 7 July 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Kurt Schmücker |
| Succeeded by | Helmut Schmidt |
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| Born | Karl August Fritz Schiller 24 April 1911 University of Heidelberg |
| Occupation | Politician, economist |
Karl August Fritz Schiller (24 April 1911 – 26 December 1994) was a German
Education and career
Schiller was born in
Political career
Schiller joined the paramilitary Stormtroopers (Sturmabteilung) of the NSDAP in 1933 and the party itself in 1937. After World War II he joined the SPD in 1946.
From 1965 to 1972, he was a member of the Bundestag for the SPD, where he became assistant chairman of the SPD faction.
From 1948 to 1953, Schiller was Senator for economy in Hamburg and held the same office again from 1961 to 1965 in Berlin serving under mayor Willy Brandt in his second term of office.
From 1966 to 1969, he was
In the first cabinet of Willy Brandt, Schiller continued to serve in the previous position, and was also
As Finance Minister Schiller travelled to the Soviet Union in 1970 and met with Alexei Kosygin, the Premier of the Soviet Union, to discuss a trade agreement between their two respective countries.
Honours
In 1991, Schiller was honoured with the
Karl-Schiller Berufskolleg is a vocational college in Dortmund named after Schiller. The school was renamed for Schiller in 1999.[3]
References
- ^ Gunnar Take: Forschen für den Wirtschaftskrieg. Das Kieler Institut für Weltwirtschaft im Nationalsozialismus, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2019, p. 225-236
- ISBN 9780262195584. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Schulgeschichte" (in German). Karl-Schiller Berufskolleg Dortmund (KSBK-DO). 2020.
- Lütjen, Torben (2007). Karl Schiller (1911-1994): 'Superminister' Willy Brandts (in German). Dietz. ISBN 978-380124172-8.
- Take, Gunnar: Forschen für den Wirtschaftskrieg. Das Kieler Institut für Weltwirtschaft im Nationalsozialismus, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2019. ISBN 978-3-11-065457-8.
External links
- Obituary in the New York Times: [1]
- Biography in German: [2]
- Dissertation about Karl Schiller from 2006 (in German): [3] and [4]
- Newspaper clippings about Karl Schiller in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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