- Klaus Dierks
Klaus Dierks (
February 19 1936 inBerlin-Dahlem –March 17 2005 inWindhoek ) was a government minister and transport planner and civil engineer inNamibia .Biography
Dierks was born in 1936 in the area known as
Berlin-Dahlem inGermany .Klaus Dierks studied
civil engineering andhistory at the Berlin Technical University with a diploma in Engineering in 1965 and doctorates in 1965 and 1992. Immediately after his diploma Dierks became an engineer inSouth Africa before moving to what is now Namibia. [http://www.namibiaplus.com/indexajax.php#archivedArticle3288 Exhibition of Dierks photography] , NamibiaPlus.com, accessed7 August 2008 ]In 1982 Dierks, became a member of
SWAPO rising to be a member of its Central Committee. He argued for a "South African independent transport system". He was forced to resign and he set up his own consultative business.He was a Namibian Government minister and a member of parliament from the start of Namibian independance until 2000 when he retired from politics. [ [http://www.klausdierks.com/author.htm Biography] at KlausDierks.com] He was known for his love of history [ [http://www.klausdierks.com/Chronology/index.html Namibian History] , klausdierks.com] , mountaineering and photography.
He discovered the lost "Nama fortress"
Kouchanas which he found in theKaras mountains .Positions
* 1990-1999 Vice-Minister in the Namibian Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications
* 1999-2000 Vice-Minister in the Namibian Ministry of Mines and EnergyLater he served with the Namibian energy regulator "Electricity Control Board and he managed to turn aroundTrans-Namib (the Namibian railway company) from loss to profit in three years.Publications
Dierks also wrote a number of scientific publications including his docorate on the development of an improved road system in Namibia as well as publications on history and the settlements of
Khauxa! Nas .He also wrote a number of publications in the field of transport and telecommunications.Family
Klaus Dierks lived up to his death with his wife Karen von Bremen and his four children in
Windhoek .References
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