Konrad Schily
Konrad Schily (born 7 November 1937 in Bochum[1]) was from 2005 to 2009 a member of the German parliament, the Bundestag. He is a neurologist[2] and co-founder of the Witten/Herdecke University, Germany's first private university that opened in 1982.[3] He was the university's president from 1982 to 1999 and from 2002 to 2004.
Schily was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), but in 2003 he became a member of the Innovationskreis NRW liberal, a think tank of the centrist party Free Democratic Party (FDP). In 2005 Schily became a member of the FDP. He was elected to the Bundestag the same year.[4]
Family
[edit]Konrad Schily is the youngest of five children. He is married and has four children.[5] His brother is Otto Schily, the former German Minister of the Interior.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Who's who in Germany. IBP Intercontinental Book and Pub. in Deutschland. 1996. p. 1480. ISBN 978-88-85246-35-5. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Konrad Schily - Institut für soziale Dreigliederung". www.dreigliederung.de. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Konrad Schily: Der Geist von Herdecke". Wissenschaft (in German). 1 December 1999. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Deutscher Bundestag: Schily, Dr. Konrad". webarchiv.bundestag.de. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ Leyendecker, Hans (5 March 1989). "Der sanfte Menschenfänger". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Otto Schily". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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- 1937 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Bochum
- People from the Province of Westphalia
- Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
- Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
- German neurologists
- Heads of universities in Germany
- Waldorf school alumni
- Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009
- Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany)