Manfred Richter

Lord Mayor of the City of Bremerhaven 1995-1999


Curriculum vitae

born December 2nd 1948 in Koelln-Reisiek, Pinneberg county, Germany
grew up in


1955-1961 Koernerschule I (Elementary School)
1961-1965 Koernerschule II (Middle School, Junior High)
1965-1967 Pestalozzischule II (Commercial High School)
1967-1970 Studies at Bremen Educational College
1970-1978 Teacher in Bremerhaven
1983-1987 Teacher in Bremerhaven, from 1985 principal of Pestalozzischule I (Elementary School)


Member of the Free Democratic Party (F.D.P.) since 1966
Chairman of F.D.P. local organization in Bremerhaven 1980-1987
Deputy Chairman of the State Party Organization (State of Bremen) 1978-1987
Chairman of the State Party Organization of F.D.P. 1987-1994
Member of the National Executive Committee of the F.D.P. 1979-1983 and 1987-1999


1978-1983 Member of the Bremen State Legislature (Bremische Bürgerschaft)
1987-1994 Member of the National Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag)
1990-1994 Chief Whip of the F.D.P. Parliamentary Group


1994-1995 freelance industrial consultant for the German Association of Shipbuilding and Maritime Technology


Officer's Cross of the Order Ouissam Allaouite (Morocco)
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merits of the Federal Republic of Germany

1995-1999 Lord Mayor of the City of Bremerhaven


During that time:

Chairman of the Board of supervisors of the Bremerhaven Savings Bank
Chairman of the Board of supervisors of the Fishing Port Operations Inc. (FBEG) in Bremerhaven
Chairman of the board of supervisors of the Weser-Ferry Corporation Bremerhaven
Chairman of the board of supervisors of AuDi ForeignTrade and Services Ltd. Bremerhaven

Member of the board of the Bremen Toto and Lotto Ltd.
Member of the Council of the Public Insurance Company Bremen (ÖVB)
Deputy Chairman of the Association of Public Employers in Bremen

Member of the Steering Committee of the Association of German Cities (Deutscher Städtetag)


since 1973 married with Margret Richter, neé: Margret Bott


since 2001 independant consultant for politics and campaigning


Campaign director of the FDP in the State Election Campaign in Hamburg 2001
Chief of staff (ad interim) of the Parliamentary Group of the FDP in the Hamburg State Legislature (Bürgerschaft)
Campaign organisation of the FDP in the State Election Campaign in Saxony-Anhalt 2002
Chief of staff (ad interim) of the Parliamentary Group of the FDP in the State Legislature of Saxony-Anhalt 2002
Campaign organisation of the FDP in the State Election Campaign in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2002 and 2006

Campaign director of the FDP in the State Election Campaign in Brandenburg 2004 and 2009
Chief of staff (ad interim) of the Parliamentary Group of the FDP in the State Legislature of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2006

Chief of staff (ad interim) of the Parliamentary Group of the FDP in the State Legislature of Brandenburg 2009

Foto: Hamburger Abendblatt


President of the German Group of LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL 2002-2004
Vice-President of LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL 2003-2005


Member of the board of curators (dep.) of the Foundation “Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert-Gedenkstätte”, Heidelberg 1992 - 2003
Member of the board of trustees of the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation, Potsdam 2002-2003
Member of the board of directors of the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation, Potsdam, since 2003 (Treasurer)


left: The board of curators of the Foundation “Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert-Gedenkstätte” with the chairman, later President of the Federal Republic of Germany Johannes Rau
right: The board of directors of the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation with the chairman Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt (front, right)

 


Hobbies

Theatre (used to play in an amateur theatre "Junge Bühne Bremerhaven"), as actively on stage with a satirical show with

also active in the Satirical Show of the Members of the German National Legislature that I once founded "Die Wasserwerker".
Also doing solo-performances.

Interested in technical things, radio, books, modern history, cooking