Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung : Dr. Hans Geisler

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22 March 1940	born in Lauban/Schlesien
February 1945	escape
1958	High scholl degree (A levels) in Löbau/Sachsen
1958-1960	Apprenticeship to become a dyer, work as dyer
1960-1965	chemistry studies at TU Dresden, diploma thesis with Prof. Kurt Schwabe
1965-1969	Scientific assistant in the institure for research Meinsberg (TU Dresden)
1970	Awarding of his doctorate (Dr. rer.nat.) with Prof. Kurt Schwabe
1969-1976	Leader of the clin.chem. laboratory of the consultancy for sports physics Leipzig
1976-1990	Leader of the clin.chem. laboratory at Diakonissenkrankenhaus Dresden
03/90-10/90	Deputy of the People‘s Chamber of the Demokratischer Aufbruch (democratic awakening)
02.05.1990-02.10.1990	Parlamentary secretary general at the Ministry for Family and women
03.10.1990-12.02.1991	Deputy of Bundestag for CDU
08.11.1990-02.05.2002	Minister for Social Affairs, Health and Family in the Bundesland of Sachsen (Saxony)
since 1999	Minister for the youth as well
1995-2002	Deputy chief executive of Saxony
1994-2004	Deputy of the saxon Landtag (state parliament)

Political and ecclesiastic commitment

1963	Conscientious objection
1973-1990	Responsibility for the Church Day of the state church of Saxony
1975-1987	Member of the presidential of the executive committee of church day East
1978-1984	Member of the Saxon Landessynode
1978-1990	Member in several churchly committees, a.o. oecumenic deaconess of the protestant church alliance in the GDR
10/1989-08/1990	Member of „Demokratischer Aufbruch“/leadership in East Saxony
12/1989-03/1990	Member of the Round Table in the district of Dresden
since 08/1990	CDU member
10/1990-1994	Member of the CDU chair
since 1993	Member of the CDU chair of state
1991-2005	Deputy chairman of the EAK (protestant workshop) of CDU
since 1993	State-chairman of EAK
1991-2003	Collaboration in several expert committees of the state and federal CDU
	(a.o. federal committee for Family and Youth, federal committee for social policy)

Honorary commitment

1990-2000	President of the saxon state union for health advancement
1991-2003	Member of the deacon conference of the EDK
1997-2003	Member of the foundation council "Stiftung Deutsche Schlaganfallhilfe"
1997-2005	Kuratoriumsvorsitzender "Aktion Gemeinsinn"
1998-2004	Member of the curatorship of the board for social order of the EKD
1994-2002	Mandates for supervisory board and foundation council of state owned organisations and foundations (Saxony)
since 2002	Member and (since 2006 deputy chairman) of the deacon council of the saxon state church
since 2002	Chairman of the foundation "Daheim im Heim"
since 2002	Member of the executive committee of "Internationaler Bund für soziale Arbeit”
since 2003	Mitglied im Vorstand des Sächsischen Epilepsiezentrum Radeberg und
since 2006	Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates der Med Lab Görlitz GmbH
since Jun. 2006	Member of the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE)

Mr. Geisler is protestant, married and has four children.

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