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Federal Ministry Of Education And Research (Germany)
The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (; abbreviated BMFTR) is a Cabinet of Germany, cabinet-level ministry of Germany. It is headquartered in Bonn, with an office in Berlin. The Ministry provides funding for research projects and institutions (aiming for "research excellence") and sets general educational policy. It also provides student loans in Germany. However, a large part of educational policy in Germany is decided at the States of Germany, state level, strongly limiting the influence of the ministry in educational matters. History The ''Federal Ministry for Atomic Issues'' was established in 1955, concentrating on research in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The ministry was renamed in 1962 to ''Federal Ministry of Scientific Research'', with a broader scope; it was renamed again, to ''Federal Ministry of Education and Science'', in 1969. A separate ministry, the ''Federal Ministry of Research and Technology'', was established in 1972. The two Ministrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonn
Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This metropolitan area, Germany's largest, is also the second largest in the European Union by GDP, with over 11 million residents. Bonn served as the capital of West Germany from 1949 until 1990 and was the seat of government for reunified Germany until 1999, when the government relocated to Berlin. The city holds historical significance as the birthplace of Germany's current constitution, the Basic Law. Founded in the 1st century BC as a settlement of the Ubii and later part of the Roman province Germania Inferior, Bonn is among Germany's oldest cities. It was the capital city of the Electorate of Cologne from 1597 to 1794 and served as the residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne. The period during which Bonn was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Schröder Cabinet
The Second Schröder cabinet ( German: ''Kabinett Schröder II'') was the 19th Government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ... of Germany, Federal Republic of Germany in office from 22 October 2002 until 22 November 2005. It succeeded the First Schröder cabinet formed after the 2002 German federal election, 2002 elections. Chancellor Gerhard Schröder continued the Coalition government, coalition with the Alliance 90/The Greens (Greens) and his Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD). Joschka Fischer (Greens) served as Vice Chancellor of Germany and Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany), Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs. The cabinet was succeeded by the First Merkel cabinet following the 2005 German federal election, 2005 elections. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Kurt Georg Kiesinger (; 6 April 1904 – 9 March 1988) was a German politician who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1 December 1966 to 21 October 1969. Before he became Chancellor he served as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg from 1958 to 1966 and as President of the Federal Council from 1962 to 1963. He was Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1967 to 1971. Kiesinger gained his certificate as a lawyer in March 1933 and worked as a lawyer in Berlin's Kammergericht court from 1935 to 1940. He had joined the Nazi Party in 1933, but remained a largely inactive member. To avoid conscription, in 1940 he was appointed to the broadcast policy department of the Foreign Office by Joachim von Ribbentrop, and became deputy head of the broadcasting and propaganda departments in 1942. In 1946 he became a member of the Christian Democratic Union. He was elected to the Bundestag in 1949, and was a member of the Bundestag until 1958 and again from 1969 to 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Erhard Cabinet
The Second Erhard cabinet was the government of West Germany between 26 October 1965 and 30 November 1966. Led by the Christian Democratic Union Ludwig Erhard Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard (; 4 February 1897 – 5 May 1977) was a German politician and economist affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and Chancellor of Germany (1949–), chancellor of West Ge ..., the cabinet was a coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Composition {{Free Democratic Party (Germany) 1965 establishments in West Germany 1966 disestablishments in West Germany Cabinets established in 1965 Cabinets disestablished in 1966 Erhard II Ludwig Erhard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Stoltenberg
Gerhard Stoltenberg (29 September 1928 – 23 November 2001) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and minister in the cabinets of Ludwig Erhard, Kurt Georg Kiesinger and Helmut Kohl. He served as Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein from 1971 to 1982 and as President of the Bundesrat from 1977 to 1978. Life Early life and career Stoltenberg was born in Kiel in northern Germany. In 1944 he became a navy assistant (''HJ-Marinehelfer''), a Hitler Youth auxiliary in the Kriegsmarine. After the war, when he was no longer a prisoner of war, he completed his ''Abitur'' in 1949. Stoltenberg began studying history, sociology and philosophy at the University of Kiel. In 1954 he graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy and worked as an academic in Kiel. In 1960 he became a professor (''Privatdozent''). In the years 1965 and from 1969 to 1970, Stoltenberg was the director of Friedrich Krupp GmbH in Essen. Political career Since 1947 Stoltenberg had been me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Erhard Cabinet
The First Erhard cabinet was the government of West Germany between 17 October 1963 and 26 October 1965. Led by the Christian Democratic Union Ludwig Erhard, the cabinet was a coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). The Vice-Chancellor A vice-chancellor (commonly called a VC) serves as the chief executive of a university in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kenya, other Commonwealth of Nati ... was the Free Democrat Erich Mende (FDP). Composition References {{Free Democratic Party (Germany) 1963 establishments in West Germany 1965 disestablishments in West Germany Cabinets established in 1965 Cabinets disestablished in 1966 Erhard I Ludwig Erhard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Erhard
Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard (; 4 February 1897 – 5 May 1977) was a German politician and economist affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and Chancellor of Germany (1949–), chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. He is known for leading the West German postwar economic reforms and economic recovery (''Wirtschaftswunder'', German for "economic miracle") in his role as Minister of Economic Affairs under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer from 1949 to 1963. During that period he promoted the concept of the social market economy (''soziale Marktwirtschaft''), on which Germany's economic policy in the 21st century continues to be based. In his tenure as Chancellor, however, Erhard lacked support from Adenauer, who remained chairman of the CDU party until 1966. Erhard failed to win the German public's confidence in his handling of a budget deficit and lacked public support for his direction of foreign policy. His popularity waned, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Lenz
Hans Lenz (12 July 1907 – 28 August 1968) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (Germany), FDP. He was Federal Ministry of the Treasury, Federal Minister of the Treasury for a brief period under Konrad Adenauer in 1962 and was then Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Federal Minister for Scientific Research from 1962 to 1965. Lenz also served as a Member of the German Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag from 1953 to 1967. Lenz was born in Trossingen into the family behind the musical instrument manufacturing company Hohner. After studying abroad, Lenz completed an apprenticeship in bookselling. He was then a publishing director for different publishing houses in Germany and Brno. Lenz joined the Nazi Party in 1933, and was Conscription, drafted into the Wehrmacht, whereupon he worked in the Abwehr as an intelligence agent. In this position he rose to the rank of Leutnant and was awarded the Iron Cross twice, but sustained a lifelong injury in Pola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourth Adenauer Cabinet
The Fourth Adenauer cabinet (German: ''Kabinett Adenauer IV'') was formed by incumbent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer after the 1961 federal election. The cabinet was sworn in on 14 November 1961. The Spiegel affair in 1962 caused the coalition to fall apart over Defence Minister Franz Josef Strauss' actions which violated press freedom, leading to all FDP ministers resigning in protest. As a result, the cabinet was a minority government of the CDU/CSU for just under a month in the fall of 1962 before Adenauer was able to convince the FDP to return to the coalition by assuring Strauß' resignation. Composition Shortly after the Spiegel affair, the resignation of Defence Minister Franz Josef Strauss was required to gain back the FDP's support for the cabinet, leading to a reshuffle. The heavily reshuffled cabinet is sometimes referred to as cabinet Adenauer V; however, this is not constitutionally correct, since no new election of the chancellor took place. The government still d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Adenauer Cabinet
The Third Adenauer cabinet was formed by incumbent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer after the 1957 federal election. The cabinet was sworn in on 29 October 1957, and remained until it was succeeded by the fourth Adenauer cabinet The Fourth Adenauer cabinet (German: ''Kabinett Adenauer IV'') was formed by incumbent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer after the 1961 federal election. The cabinet was sworn in on 14 November 1961. The Spiegel affair in 1962 caused the coalition to ... on 17 October 1961. Composition References and notes * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adenauer III Cabinets of Germany Cabinets established in 1957 Cabinets disestablished in 1961 1957 establishments in West Germany 1961 disestablishments in West Germany C3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
