Reinhard Klimmt

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Reinhard Klimmt
Premier of Saarland
In office October 1998 – 29 September 1999
Preceded by	Oskar Lafontaine
Succeeded by	Peter Müller
Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs
In office 29 September 1999 – 16 November 2000
Preceded by	Franz Müntefering
Succeeded by	Kurt Bodewig
Personal details
Born	(1942-08-16) 16 August 1942 Berlin, Germany
Political party	SPD
Occupation	Historian

Reinhard Klimmt (born 16 August 1942 in Berlin) is a German politician (SPD). From 1998 to 1999, he was Premier of Saarland, and 1999–2000, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs.

Personal life

After passing the Abitur in Osnabrück, Klimmt studied History at the Saarland University.

He is a passionate bibliophile and writes columns for the German website of AbeBooks.

Klimmt is married and has three children.

Political career

Since 1964, Klimmt is a member of the SPD. In 1998, he became Premier (Ministerpräsident) of the Saarland, since his predecessor, Oskar Lafontaine became the new Federal Minister of Finance after the SPD's victory in the Federal election.

In 1999, Klimmt lost to Peter Müller in the Legislative Assembly (Landtag) elections in the Saarland. Later that year, he became Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs. After only one year in office, he was forced to resign because of his role in a financial scandal involving the football club 1. FC Saarbrücken.

External links

Klimmt's column at Abebooks.de (German)

References

This article is based on the entry Reinhard Klimmt in the German Wikipedia.

v t e Ministers-President of Saarland

Protectorate (1947-1956)	Johannes Hoffmann Heinrich Welsch Hubert Ney

Modern Saarland (since 1957)	Egon Reinert Franz-Josef Röder Werner Klumpp (interim) Werner Zeyer Oskar Lafontaine Reinhard Klimmt Peter Müller Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

v t e Transport, Building and Urban Development Ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany

Transportation Verkehr	Hans-Christoph Seebohm (1949–1966) Georg Leber (1966–1972) Lauritz Lauritzen (1972–1974) Kurt Gscheidle (1974–1980) Volker Hauff (1980–1982) Werner Dollinger (1982–1987) Jürgen Warnke (1987–1989) Friedrich Zimmermann (1989–1991) Günther Krause (1991–1993) Matthias Wissmann (1993–1998)

Public Housing Development Wohnungsbau	Hermann-Eberhard Wildermuth (1949–1952) Fritz Neumayer (1952–1953) Victor-Emanuel Preusker (1953–1957) Paul Lücke (1957–1961)

Housing, Urban Development and Regional Planning Wohnungswesen, Städtebau und Raumordnung	Paul Lücke (1961–1965)

Housing and Urban Development Wohnungswesen und Städtebau	Ewald Bucher (1965–1966) Bruno Heck (1966) Lauritz Lauritzen (1966–1969)

Urban Development and Housing Städtebau und Wohnungswesen	Lauritz Lauritzen (1969–1972)

Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development Raumordnung, Bauwesen und Städtebau	Hans-Jochen Vogel (1972–1974) Karl Ravens (1974–1978) Dieter Haack (1978–1982) Oscar Schneider (1982–1989) Gerda Hasselfeldt (1989–1991) Irmgard Schwaetzer (1991–1994) Klaus Töpfer (1994–1998) Eduard Oswald (1998)

Transportation, Construction and Housing Verkehr, Bau- und Wohnungswesen	Franz Müntefering (1998–1999) Reinhard Klimmt (1999–2000) Kurt Bodewig (2000–2002) Manfred Stolpe (2002–2005)

Transportation, Construction and Urban Development Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung	Wolfgang Tiefensee (2005–2009) Peter Ramsauer (since 2009)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 59177714 LCCN: no96034064 ISNI: 0000 0000 4169 6180 GND: 124082769 BNF: cb12440045x

Persondata
Name	Klimmt, Reinhard
Alternative names
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Date of birth	16 August 1942
Place of birth	Berlin, Germany
Date of death
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