Wolf Klinz

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Wolf Klinz (born on 13 September 1941 in Wien) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

He is a member of the Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. He is a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, the Delegation for Relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee, as well as for the Delegation for Relations with Australia and New Zealand.

Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 Decorations 4 Languages 5 External links

[edit] Education

• 1963 graduated from the Hochschule für Welthandel (now Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration), Vienna, after studies in Paris, Vienna, Madrid and Berlin
• 1965 doctorate at the Hochschule für Welthandel, Vienna
• 1966: MBA at INSEAD, Fontainebleau

[edit] Career

• 1966-1970: Assistant and District Sales Manager in the motor vehicle industry (UK, D, USA)
• 1970-1981: Project leader and partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc (UK, D, F)
• 1981-1984: Managing Director, VEGLA Vereinigte Glaswerke GmbH (D)
• 1984-1990: Board Member of the Landis & Gyr AG (CH)
• 1990-1994: Board Member of Treuhandanstalt (Berlin)
• 1994-2003: Board member of plant construction, automation and surveying companies (Frankfurt/Main)
• 2001-2004: President of the Chamber of Trade and Industry, Frankfurt/Main and spokesman for the Hesse CTIs
• 2001-2004: Chairman of the Conference of German Chambers of Trade and Industry (Berlin)
• 2003-2004: Vice-President of Eurochambres (Brussels)
• since 1982: Membership of various boards
• Currently on supervisory board of Zumtobel AG (Dornbirn/Austria), AVECO AG (Frankfurt/Main), IVG Immobilien AG and Board of Governors of the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst (Frankfurt/Main)

[edit] Decorations

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Medal, Frankfurt/Main University
• Frankfurt am Main CTI Medal of Honour
• Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Germany)

[edit] Languages

German, English, French and Spanish

[edit] External links

• Official website of Wolf Klinz: www.wolf-klinz.de
• European Parliament biography of Wolf Klinz (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• DeclarationPDF of financial interests (German)