Reiner Haseloff
Reiner Haseloff Minister-President | Wolfgang Böhmer | |
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Preceded by | Horst Rehberger | |
Succeeded by | Birgitta Wolff | |
Member of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt for Wittenberg (Dessau-Roßlau-Wittenberg; 2011–2021) | ||
Assumed office 19 April 2011 | ||
Preceded by | Kurt Brumme | |
Personal details | ||
Born | Dresden University of Technology Humboldt University of Berlin | 19 February 1954|
Website | Official website | |
Reiner Haseloff (born 19 February 1954) is a German politician who serves as the
Political career
Reiner Haseloff joined the then bloc party CDU of the GDR in 1976. He has been a member of the state executive of the CDU Saxony-Anhalt since 1990 and was deputy district administrator of the Wittenberg district from 1990 to 1992.
From 2004 to 2012, Haseloff was deputy state chairman of the CDU. Since December 2008 he has been a member of the CDU federal executive committee. From 2002 to 2006, Haseloff served as State Secretary at the State Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labour under minister Horst Rehberger in the first cabinet of Minister President Wolfgang Böhmer. In 2006, he succeeded Rehberger and became a member of Böhmer's second cabinet.
In the negotiations to form a
Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt, 2011–present
When Böhmer announced his resignation ahead of the 2011 state elections, Haseloff was the candidate of the CDU. He had already gained national attention by proposing that unemployed people who had no job prospects work for the public interest, a plan that since then has been adopted in a number of federal states.[3]
From 2014 and 2016, Haseloff was one of the members of Germany's temporary National Commission on the Disposal of Radioactive Waste.[4]
During the
In the
Role in national politics
As one of the state's representatives at the
Within his party, Haseloff has been part of the CDU's national leadership team around successive chairwomen Angela Merkel (2008–2018) and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (2018–2021) since 2008. He served as a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017 and 2022.[11]
In the negotiations to form a so-called
Since 2022, Haseloff has been chairing an internal CDU working group in charge of drafting recommendation on reforming Germany’s public broadcasting.[12]
Other activities
- Deutsches Museum, Member of the Board of Trustees[13]
- Central Committee of German Catholics, Member[14]
- Committee for the preparation of the Reformation anniversary 2017, Member of the Board of Trustees
- European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN), President (2006-2011)
- International Building Exhibition (IBA) Urban Redevelopment 2010, Member of the Board of Trustees[15]
Political positions
Ahead of the 2021 national elections, Haseloff endorsed Markus Söder as the Christian Democrats' joint candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel.[16]
Distinctions
- Holy See: Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (2003)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2023)[17]
References
- ^ "Haseloff übernimmt das Amt des Ministerpräsidenten". Der Tagesspiegel. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Neuer Bundesratspräsident: Bundesrat wählt Haseloff zum neuen Präsidenten".
- ^ Lutz, Martin; Uwe Müller (3 February 2011). ""Es geht nicht um Schuhgrößen". Ein gewagter Schritt: Reiner Haseloff will in Sachsen-Anhalt Landesvater Böhmer nachfolgen". Die Welt. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ Abschlussbericht der Kommission Lagerung hoch radioaktiver Abfallstoffe
- Frankfurter Allgemeine, in German
- ^ Flüchtlingskrise: CDU-Wahlkämpfer wenden sich von Merkel ab, Der Spiegel, in German
- ^ Janosch Delcker (13 March 2016), Angela Merkel’s conservatives lose two major regional elections Politico Europe.
- ^ Philip Oltermann (14 March 2016), Germany 'won't change policy' after gains for anti-refugee AfD party The Guardian.
- ^ Phoenix(in German). Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- Frankfurter Allgemeine, in German
- ^ 17th Federal Convention, 13 February 2022, List of Members Bundestag.
- ^ Helmut Hartung (31 March 2023), Haseloff ist Taktgeber: ARD setzt auf Finanztrick Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ^ Board of Trustees Deutsches Museum.
- ^ Members Central Committee of German Catholics.
- ^ Board of Trustees Archived 20 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine International Building Exhibition (IBA) Urban Redevelopment 2010.
- ^ Second CDU premier drops support for Laschet's German chancellery run Reuters, 16 April 2021.
- Der Bundespräsident(in German). 23 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.