Heiner Geißler

Heiner Geißler (born March 3, 1930) is a German politician with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party.

Infobox Person
name = Heiner Geißler

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birth_date = March 3 1930
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known_for = Federal Ministers for Youth, Family and Health 1982 – 1985
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nationality = Germany

Geißler studied law and philosophy in Munich and Tübingen, where he graduated in 1960.

Geißler was German minister for youth, family and health from 1982 to 1985, and also general secretary of the CDU from 1977 to 1989. Geißler has announced he had become a member of ATTAC networkcite web
url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,483275,00.html
title=G-8-GIPFEL Heiner Geißler tritt Attac bei
accessdate=2007-05-26
date=2007-05-16
work=Spiegel.de
publisher=Der Spiegel / asc/AFP
language=German] , this happened weeks before the 2007 G8 summit, which Germany, holding the 2007 G8 presidency, is hosting. Geißler himself said that his joining of attac has to been seen in the context of the upcoming G8 summit.cite web
url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,483296,00.html
title=ATTAC-NEUMITGLIED HEINER GEISSLER "Die Globalisierung läuft aus dem Ruder"
accessdate=2007-05-26
author=interview with Björn Hengst
date=2007-05-16
work=Spiegel.de
publisher=Der Spiegel
language=German]

References

External links

* [http://www.heiner-geissler.de/ Website]