Hispanopedia WikiErwin Teufel (born 4 September 1939 in Zimmern ob Rottweil) is a German politician of the CDU.
Political career
Teufel was the leader of the CDU parliamentary group in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 1978 to 1991.
Teufel was Minister President of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of the CDU state party group from 1991 to 2005, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1996/97.
During his time in office, Teufel agreed with PresidentBoris Yeltsin on a series of economic and technical cooperation agreements with Russia, including a high-level joint commission to oversee several institutes in Russia where business administrators, agronomists and scientists will be trained, and also direct a variety of exchange programs.[1] Among other projects, Teufel oversaw the merger of two regional utilities to form EnBW in 1997 as well as the creation of regional public broadcasting corporation Südwestrundfunk (SWR) in 1998.
On the European level, Teufel represented Baden-Württemberg on the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) from 1994.[2] Between 2002 and 2003, he also represented Germany's federal states in the Convention on the Future of Europe.[3]
Teufel endorsed Edmund Stoiber instead of Angela Merkel as their parties' candidate to challenge incumbent ChancellorGerhard Schröder in the 2002 federal elections.[4]
In October 2004, Teufel announced that he was to step down as minister-president and chairman of the Baden-Württemberg CDU, effective 19 April 2005. Günther Oettinger was elected as his successor by CDU internal party pre-elections. His referendum win – with 60.6 percent of the vote versus 39.4 percent for State Education Minister Annette Schavan – was widely seen at the time as a defeat for Teufel, who had promoted Schavan as his preferred successor.
He did resign on 19 April 2005, effecting the memorable line in German short news: "Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI. Teufel [German: Devil] resigned."
Life after politics
Corporate boards
- Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), member of the advisory board[5]
- KfW, Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2002–2007)[6][7]
Non-profit organizations
- Christliches Jugenddorfwerk Deutschlands (CJD), honorary member of the board of trustees
- Christival, member of the board of trustees[8]
- donum vitae, member of the board of trustees (since 2001)[9][10]
- International Hugo Wolf Academy, deputy chairman of the board of trustees[11]
- Karl Schlecht Foundation, member of the board of trustees[12]
- Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), member of the board of trustees[13]
- Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, Member of the Honorary Senate[14]
- Research Center for International and Interdisciplinary Theology (FIIT) at the Heidelberg University, member of the advisory board[15]
- University of Freiburg, member of the advisory board[16]
- University of Tübingen, honorary senator[17]
- Franco-German Institute, president
- Documentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma, member of the board of trustees[18]
- German Ethics Council, member (2008–2012)[19]
- Jerusalem Foundation Germany, president (1993–2006)
- Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), member (1983–2008)
Teufel is an honorary member of A.V. Cheruskia Tübingen, a Catholic student fraternity which is a member of the Cartellverband.
Personal life
Teufel is married with Edeltraud and has four children.[20][21][22][23]
Publications
References
- ↑Stephen Kinzer (24 November 1991), Yeltsin Says Lost Czarist Treasure Is TracedThe New York Times
- ↑Regions bitter at being pushed to the sidelinesEuropean Voice, 16 October 1996.
- ↑Giscard 'Non' to Prodi's terms for head-to-headEuropean Voice, 14 May 2003.
- ↑Hartmut Palmer (21 January 2002), Die StehauffrauDer Spiegel.
- ↑2015 Annual ReportLandesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW).
- ↑2001 Annual ReportKfW.
- ↑2007 Annual ReportKfW.
- ↑Board of Trustees Christival.
- ↑Donum vitae gründet Stiftung Die Tageszeitung, 18 May 2001.
- ↑Board of TrusteesArchived 2 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine donum vitae.
- ↑Board of Trustees International Hugo Wolf Academy.
- ↑Board of Trustees Karl Schlecht Foundation.
- ↑Board of TrusteesKonrad Adenauer Foundation.
- ↑Honorary SenateLindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
- ↑Advisory Board Research Center for International and Interdisciplinary Theology (FIIT) at the Heidelberg University.
- ↑Advisory BoardUniversity of Freiburg.
- ↑Honorary SenatorsArchived 2 September 2017 at the Wayback MachineUniversity of Tübingen.
- ↑Board of TrusteesDocumentation and Cultural Centre of German Sinti and Roma.
- ↑MembersGerman Ethics Council.
- ↑"CV of ErwinTeufel". Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑Erwin Teufel on Landeszentrale politische Bildung
- ↑Badische Zeitung: Erwin Teufel
- ↑Newspaper Handelsblatt: Erwin Teufel
External links
Media related to Erwin Teufel at Wikimedia Commons
- 1939 births
- Living people
- People from Rottweil (district)
- Presidents of the German Bundesrat
- Members of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
- German Roman Catholics
- Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
- Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony
- Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class
- Minister-presidents of Baden-Württemberg