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'''Birgit Breuel''' (''[[née]]'' '''Münchmeyer'''; born 7 September 1937 in [[Hamburg-Rissen]]) is a [[Germany|German]] [[politician]], representative of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|German Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU). She is the former President of the [[Treuhandanstalt|Treuhand]] Agency, and Commissioner General of the [[Expo 2000]] in [[Hannover]], and later worked in several honorary positions. |
'''Birgit Breuel''' (''[[née]]'' '''Münchmeyer'''; born 7 September 1937 in [[Hamburg-Rissen]]) is a [[Germany|German]] [[politician]], representative of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|German Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU). She is the former President of the [[Treuhandanstalt|Treuhand]] Agency, and Commissioner General of the [[Expo 2000]] in [[Hannover]], and later worked in several honorary positions. |
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Birgit Münchmeyer came a [[Lower Saxony]] family of traders and private bankers. She is the daughter of merchant bankers who owned the bank ''Münchmeyer & Co.''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/biographie/birgit-breuel/|title= Birgit Breuel|publisher=Fembio.org|accessdate=August 27, 2009}}</ref> On 8 August 1959 she married the Hamburg merchant [[Ernst-Jürgen Breuel]] (born 7 October 1931 in Hamburg). |
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Birgit Breuel studied [[political science]] at the Universities of [[University of Hamburg|Hamburg]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Geneva|Geneva]]. In 1966, she entered into the CDU. From 1978 to 1986 she was Minister of Economy and Transport in [[Lower Saxony]], then to 1990 was the Lower Saxony Finance Minister. In 1990, Breuel was elected to the Executive Board of the [[Treuhandanstalt|Treuhand]] - a holding firm responsible for the sale of [[East Germany|East German]] [[Volkseigener Betrieb|state assets]]. A year later she became the successor of [[Detlev Karsten Rohwedder]]. While Rohwedder had been cautious about the sale of most state assets, favouring a worker-owned solution if possible, Breuel favoured quick privatization. She departed in 1995 from this office. |
Birgit Breuel studied [[political science]] at the Universities of [[University of Hamburg|Hamburg]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Geneva|Geneva]]. In 1966, she entered into the CDU. From 1978 to 1986 she was Minister of Economy and Transport in [[Lower Saxony]], then to 1990 was the Lower Saxony Finance Minister. In 1990, Breuel was elected to the Executive Board of the [[Treuhandanstalt|Treuhand]] - a holding firm responsible for the sale of [[East Germany|East German]] [[Volkseigener Betrieb|state assets]]. A year later she became the successor of [[Detlev Karsten Rohwedder]]. While Rohwedder had been cautious about the sale of most state assets, favouring a worker-owned solution if possible, Breuel favoured quick privatization. She departed in 1995 from this office. |
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Birgit Breuel (née Münchmeyer; born 7 September 1937 in Hamburg-Rissen) is a German politician, representative of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She is the former President of the Treuhand Agency, and Commissioner General of the Expo 2000 in Hannover, and later worked in several honorary positions.
Birgit Münchmeyer came a Lower Saxony family of traders and private bankers. She is the daughter of merchant bankers who owned the bank Münchmeyer & Co..[1] On 8 August 1959 she married the Hamburg merchant Ernst-Jürgen Breuel (born 7 October 1931 in Hamburg).
Birgit Breuel studied political science at the Universities of Hamburg, Oxford and Geneva. In 1966, she entered into the CDU. From 1978 to 1986 she was Minister of Economy and Transport in Lower Saxony, then to 1990 was the Lower Saxony Finance Minister. In 1990, Breuel was elected to the Executive Board of the Treuhand - a holding firm responsible for the sale of East German state assets. A year later she became the successor of Detlev Karsten Rohwedder. While Rohwedder had been cautious about the sale of most state assets, favouring a worker-owned solution if possible, Breuel favoured quick privatization. She departed in 1995 from this office. Breuel then became Commissioner-General of the World Expo Expo 2000 in Hanover.
Literature
- Birgit Breuel (Hg.): Ohne historisches Vorbild. Die Treuhandanstalt 1990 bis 1994 - eine kritische Würdigung. Berlin 2005 ISBN 3-936962-15-4
- Deutsches Geschlechterbuch. Band 128 der Gesamtreihe (Hamburg Band 10), p. 69/70, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1962, ISSN 1438-7972.
See also
References
- ^ "Birgit Breuel". Fembio.org. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
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