Dirk Fischer (politician)
German politician
Dirk Fischer
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Fischer in 2014
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Member
of the
Bundestag
for Hamburg |
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In office
4 November 1980 – 24 October 2017 |
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Succeeded by | Christoph Ploß |
Constituency |
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Member of the Hamburg Parliament | |
In office
February 1971 – 5 February 1981 |
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Succeeded by | Helga Mack |
Personal details | |
Born |
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1943-11-29
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29 November 1943
(age
79)
Bevensen , Germany |
Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
Awards | German Order of Merit First Class (1994) |
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Dirk Fischer (born 29 November 1943) is a German politician. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. [1] Between 1980 and 2017, he was an MP of the German Bundestag as the representative for Hamburg-Nord constituency. For many years, Fischer was transport policy spokesman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary faction. [2] He is also president of Hamburg Football Association (HFV) and a board member of German Football Association (DFB). [3]
Early life and education
Fischer was born in Bevensen . After high school, Fischer served as a Bundeswehr soldier from 1964 to 1966. Afterwards he studied law at the University of Hamburg . After graduation in 1978 he worked at Hamburg company Möller + Förster until 1986. [4] Since 1982, he is also licensed as a lawyer. [2]
Political career
Fischer was a member of Hamburgische Bürgerschaft , the parliament of Hamburg, from 1971 to 5 February 1981.
From 1980, Fischer was a member of the German Bundestag . From 1989 to 2014 he was also transport policy spokesman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. [5] [6] [7] [8] From 1992 to 2007 he was chairman of CDU Hamburg. From 1994 to 2014 Fischer was chairman of the Hamburg state group in the Bundestag. [2]
In the 18th legislation period, Fischer was a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure. [9]
In October 2016, Fischer announced that he would not stand in the 2017 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term. [10]
Other activities
Since November 2007, Fischer has been serving as president of Hamburg Football Association (HFV) and a board member of German Football Association (DFB). [3] He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation . [11]
Recognition
In September 1994, Fischer received the German Order of Merit First Class. [12]
See also
References
- ↑ Daily Report. West Europe . The Service. 1993. p. 19.
- 1 2 3 Dirk Fischer Archived 7 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Bundestag.de, in German
- 1 2 DFB-Bundestag: Ratzeburg, Fischer und Pothe gewählt , HFV.de, in German
- ↑ Handbuch der Hamb. Bürgerschaft, Dirk Fischer WP 9, 2. Nachtrag 1981
- ↑ "Andreas Lubitz told Lufthansa flight school of 'serious depressive episode'" . The Guardian , Ben Knight 31 March 2015
- ↑ Fairplay . Fairplay Publications Limited. 1986. p. 9.
- ↑ "Should airline pilots have less medical privacy?" . The Conversation , 15 April 2015
- ↑ "Germanwings crash: Details are clearer but motive remains unknown" . World Socialist Website , By Christoph Dreier 3 April 2015
- ↑ "Germanwings crash co-pilot Andreas Lubitz body parts 'found'" . The Telegraph , Gregory Walton, Dusseldorf, 30 March 2015
- ↑ Nadja Aswad (5 October 2016), Dirk Fischer verlässt Bundestag BILD .
- ↑ Board of Trustees Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation .
- ↑ Fischer geehrt , Hamburger Abendblatt, 24 September 1994 Archived 11 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (PDF; 1.6 MB), in German
External links
- Website of Dirk Fischer
- Dirk Fischer at the German Bundestag
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