Heinz Riesenhuber
1955 Abitur. Studies in natural sciences and economics, 1961 graduate chemist, 1965 doctorate in chemistry, Dr. rer. nat.
1962 to 1965 scientific assistant at the University of Frankfurt; patent applications; from 1966 at Erzgesellschaft mbH in the house of Metallgesellschaft AG Frankfurt, from 1968 as managing director, 1971 to 1982 managing director at Synthomer Chemie GmbH Frankfurt; since 1994 honorary professor, University of Frankfurt.
Member of supervisory and advisory boards of companies in Germany and abroad; Dr. h. c. of the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow, the University of Surrey, England, and the University of Göttingen. Grand Cross of the Order of Merit with Star (Germany); Order of Merit (Hesse); Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor (France); Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold with Ribbon (Austria); Winnacker Prize 1993; Heinrich Hertz Professorship of the University of Karlsruhe 1997/98; Gold Medal of the Academia Europaea; Wernher von Braun Medal in Gold; Order of the Holy Treasure with Star and Shoulder Ribbon (Japan); CICERO Speaker Award.
1961 Member of Junge Union and CDU; 1965 to 1969 State Chairman of Junge Union Hessen, 1966 Member of the Federal Executive Committee, 1968 Deputy Chairman of Junge Union. 1965 member of the state executive committee, since 1968 member of the executive committee of the CDU Hesse, 1973 to 1978 district chairman of the CDU Frankfurt, 1977 to 1982 chairman of the federal committee on energy and the environment of the CDU.
Member of the Bundestag since 1976; 1980 to 1982 energy policy spokesman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group; October 4, 1982 to January 21, 1993 Federal Minister for Research and Technology; November 2001 to October 2002 Chairman of the Committee on Economics and Technology.
1962 to 1965 scientific assistant at the University of Frankfurt; patent applications; from 1966 at Erzgesellschaft mbH in the house of Metallgesellschaft AG Frankfurt, from 1968 as managing director, 1971 to 1982 managing director at Synthomer Chemie GmbH Frankfurt; since 1994 honorary professor, University of Frankfurt.
Member of supervisory and advisory boards of companies in Germany and abroad; Dr. h. c. of the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Krakow, the University of Surrey, England, and the University of Göttingen. Grand Cross of the Order of Merit with Star (Germany); Order of Merit (Hesse); Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor (France); Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold with Ribbon (Austria); Winnacker Prize 1993; Heinrich Hertz Professorship of the University of Karlsruhe 1997/98; Gold Medal of the Academia Europaea; Wernher von Braun Medal in Gold; Order of the Holy Treasure with Star and Shoulder Ribbon (Japan); CICERO Speaker Award.
1961 Member of Junge Union and CDU; 1965 to 1969 State Chairman of Junge Union Hessen, 1966 Member of the Federal Executive Committee, 1968 Deputy Chairman of Junge Union. 1965 member of the state executive committee, since 1968 member of the executive committee of the CDU Hesse, 1973 to 1978 district chairman of the CDU Frankfurt, 1977 to 1982 chairman of the federal committee on energy and the environment of the CDU.
Member of the Bundestag since 1976; 1980 to 1982 energy policy spokesman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group; October 4, 1982 to January 21, 1993 Federal Minister for Research and Technology; November 2001 to October 2002 Chairman of the Committee on Economics and Technology.