biography
| name: |
Rohwedder, Detlev Karsten
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pronunciation:
[rohveder]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1932–91)
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| biography:
| German politician and industrialist, born in Gotha, C Germany. He joined the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD) and served as Staatssekretär im Bundeswirtschaftsministerium (1969–78). As chairman of Hoesch AG (from 1980) he was successful in the restructuring of the steel conglomerate. Also chairman of the Treuhandanstalt, he played an important part in the transfer of the nationalized enterprises in the former German Democratic Republic into private ownership. He was assassinated by left-wing terrorists in 1991. |
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