Erich Iltgen (10 July 1940 – 9 June 2019) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. From 1990 to 2009, he was president of the Saxony state parliament, the

Landtag of Saxony The Landtag of Saxony (german: Sächsischer Landtag), also known in English as the Saxon State Parliament, is the legislature of the Saxony, Free State of Saxony, one of Germany's sixteen States of Germany, states. It is responsible for legislat ...

Biography

Early years

Erich Iltgen was born in

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during the early years of

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. In 1943, his parents relocated the family to

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

, supposing that the risk from aerial bombing might be lower in Saxony.

Career

After training as an agricultural machinist and motor mechanic from 1954 to 1957, he studied in agricultural engineering and technology engineering for heating, ventilation and sanitation between 1958 and 1964. After that he worked from 1964 to 1979 in power plant construction and from 1979 to 1985 as a department manager for investment in Dresden. From 1985 to 1988 he was head of the Cathedral of the

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, and from 1988 to 1990 head of the Diocese of Dresden-Meissen itself. Iltgen was Roman Catholic. His first wife, by whom he has four children, predeceased him; he remarried in 2005.

Politics

Between 1989 and 1990, Iltgen was a moderator of the roundtable of the district of Dresden, and was a member of the Coordinating Committee for the education in Saxony. In June 1990 he joined the CDU. He represented constituency 42 (Dresden IV) in the First Parliament of Saxony,Klaus-Jürgen Holzapfel (Hrsg.): Sächsischer Landtag: 1. Wahlperiode, 1990–1994. Volkshandbuch. NDV Neue Darmstädter Verlagsanstalt, Rheinbreitbach 1991, , S. 37, 1991. and on 27 October 1990 was elected its president. He was reelected following state elections in Saxony in the years 1994, 1999 and 2004 respectively. In the second and third terms, he represented the constituency of 45 (Dresden IV), and in the fourth Legislature for the Dresden VI. He is also a member of the Presidium of the CDU's national association.

Retirement

In 2009 he did not stand for re-election in the regional election held in Saxony a few weeks after his 69th birthday. Iltgen was an honorary president of the National Tourism Association and member of the Board of Trustees of the New Saxon Art Association, of which he was president from 1990 to 1991.

Literature

* Klaus-Jürgen Holzapfel (Hrsg.): ''Sächsischer Landtag: 4. Wahlperiode, 2004–2009. Volkshandbuch.'' 3. Auflage. NDV Neue Darmstädter Verlagsanstalt, Rheinbreitbach 2008, , S. 72

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iltgen, Erich Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians 1940 births 2019 deaths Politicians from Dresden Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony Members of the Landtag of Saxony German Roman Catholics