Stanislaw Tillich
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Stanislaw Tillich, Sorbian Stanisław Tilich, (* 10 April 1959 in Neudörfel (Nowa Wjeska) near Kamenz) is a German politician of the CDU. He is the Minister-President of the Free State of Saxony. Tillich is citizen of the Sorbian nationality and lives in Panschwitz-Kuckau (Pančicy-Kukow) which is some 35 kilometres north-east of Dresden nearby Kamenz.
Tillich studied construction and drive technics at the Technische Universität Dresden after finishing Abitur at the Sorbian Gymnasium in Bautzen in 1977. He graduated university with a Diplomingenieur degree in 1984. Tillich was employee of the district administration of Kamenz between 1987 and 1989. Later he became entrepreneur.
Stanislaw Tillich joined the Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) in 1987 and became member of the CDU after German reunification in 1990. He was member of the Volkskammer in 1990 and was delegated as an observer of the European Parliament between 1991 and 1994. He joined the European People's Party and was member of the European Parliament between 1994 and 1999 where he was rapporteur of the European Union's budget.
Tillich is minister in the government of Saxony since 1999. He was State Minister for Federal and European Affairs until 2002 when he became State Minister and Head of the Staatskanzlei. In 2004 he became the Saxon State Minister for Environment and Agriculture. He was Saxon State Minister of Finance since 2007 and is member of the Landtag of Saxony since 2004.
Tillich was proposed by Georg Milbradt at 14 April 2008 to became his successor as the Minister-President of Saxony. The Landtag of Saxony elected him at 27 Mai 2008.
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- Landtag of Saxony: Vita of Stanislaw Tillich MdL
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