- Karl Schiller
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office = German Minister of Finace
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birth_date = birth date|1911|4|11|mf=y
birth_place =Breslau
death_date = death date and age|1994|12|26|1911|4|11|mf=y
death_place =Hamburg
party =Social Democratic Party of Germany
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footnotes =Karl August Fritz Schiller (
April 24 ,1911 inBreslau -December 26 ,1994 inHamburg ) was a Germanscientist andpolitician (SPD ). From 1966 to 1972, he was Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and from 1971 to 1972 Federal Minister of Finance. He was the inventor of the "magic square", depictingEconomic equilibrium , and of the "Concerted activity" (" _de. Konzertierte Aktion") to reflate the German market. He is thus seen as one of the most influential German economists besideLudwig Erhard .Education and career
From 1931, after passing the
Abitur , Schiller studiedEconomics andLaw atKiel ,Frankfurt am Main ,Berlin andHeidelberg . In 1935, he finished his studies and got hisDoctorate inPolitics . From 1935 to 1941, he researched at theInstitut für Weltwirtschaft inKiel . In 1939, Schiller made hisHabilitation . After taking part inWorld War II as a soldier from 1941 to 1945, Schiller becameProfessor at theUniversity of Hamburg , where he became Principal from 1956 to 1958. In the meantime, from 1948 to 1966, he was a member of the scientific advisory board of the Federal Ministry for Economics.Political career
Schiller was a member of the
NSDAP duringWorld War II . In 1946, he joined theSPD .From 1965 to 1972, he was a member of the
Bundestag for theSPD , where he became assistant chairman of the SPD faction.From 1948 to 1953 Schiller was
Senator for economy inHamburg and held the same office again from 1961 to 1965 inBerlin serving under mayorWilly Brandt in his second term of office.From 1966 to 1972, he was Federal Minister of Economic Affairs in the
Grand coalition underBundeskanzler Kurt Georg Kiesinger . He worked together withFranz Josef Strauß , then Federal Minister of Finance, in the "Concerted activity". In this time, they were known as "Plisch und Plum" after figures invented byWilhelm Busch .In the first cabinet of
Willy Brandt , Schiller was Federal Minister of Finance from 1971 to 1972 after the demission ofAlex Möller . OnJuly 7 ,1972 , Schiller demissioned, thus protesting against Brandts economic decisions. After stepping down, he soon left the SPD as well. In 1972, he participated together withLudwig Erhard in a CDU campaign, whereby both acted as defenders of market economy. In 1980 he returned to the SPD.Honours
In 1991, Schiller was honoured with the Großer Bundesverdienstorden.
External links
* Obituary in the
New York Times : [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E4D8173BF934A15751C1A962958260]
* Biography in German: [http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/SchillerKarl/index.html]
* Dissertation about Karl Schiller from 2006 (in German): [http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=979808960] and [http://edok01.tib.uni-hannover.de/edoks/e01dh06/510331297.pdf]Notes
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NAME=Schiller, Karl
SHORT DESCRIPTION=German scientist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH=April 24 ,1911
PLACE OF BIRTH=Breslau
DATE OF DEATH=December 26 ,1994
PLACE OF DEATH=Hamburg
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