curriculum vitae
Dr. Ludger Volmer
Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Germany
born in Gelsenkirchen on 17th February 1952, 1 child
Professional Background in Politics
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| 1985-1990 | ||
| 1994-2005 | Member of Parliament of "The Greens" and "Alliance 90/The Greens" party | |
| 2002-2005 | Spokesman on foreign policy | |
| 1985-1990 | Spokesman on world economic issues | |
| 1986 | Chairman of parliamentary group | |
| Memberships (selection): Parliamentary committees of foreign affairs, economic cooperation and development, finance, United Nations Parliamentary assemblies of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Council of Europe and Inter-parliamentary Union Deputy Chairman of German-American and German-Russian parliamentary groups |
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| 1998-2002 | Deputy foreign minister | |
| 1991-1994 | Party president | |
| 1993 | Co-founder of the "Alliance90/the Greens" party | |
| 1979 | Co-founder of the "The Greens" party | |
| 1983-1985 | Political employee of "The Greens" parliamentary group |
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Professional Background in Business and Science
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| since 2006 | Teacher on foreign and security policy at department for international relations of Free University of Berlin |
| since 2003 | Freelance consultant and shareholder of several consulting companies |
| 1980-1983 | Professional positions in regional planning, political adult education and empiric social research |
| 1979 | Scientific employee at Ruhr-University of Bochum |
Positions of honour (selection) |
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| 2003-2005 | Executive committee member of the German Council on Foreign Relations |
| 2002-2005 | Founder and board of directors member of the Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF) |
| 1999-2002 | Board of directors member of the Foundation for Peace Research |
| 1998-2003 | Board of directors member of German TV |
| since 1998 | Board of directors member of the Foundation for Development and Peace |
| since 1969 | Voluntary engagements in various citizens' action groups and university committees |
Education |
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| 1998 | Doctorate at Ruhr-University of Bochum (Internal and international politics, international law and sociology) |
| 1980-1983 | Doctorate studies of philosophy at University of Gießen |
| 1971-1978 | Studies of social science and education at Ruhr-University of Bochum, Diploma (MA)
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Decorations |
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| 2000 | Grand Officier de Ordre National de la Legion d´Honneur, France |
| 2002 | Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Rep. Italiana |
| 2003 | Lifelong goalkeeper of honnor of "green tulip" football team |