Eckart von Klaeden
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Eckart Peter Hans von Klaeden (born 18 November 1965 in Hanover
, Lower Saxony
) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union, serving as Minister of State
at the German Chancellery
since 28 October 2009. He has been a Member of Parliament, the Bundestag
, since 1994, and has been spokesman for foreign policy of the CDU/CSU
faction since 2005 and treasurer of the CDU since 2006.
Eckart von Klaeden took his Abitur
at the Emperor William Gymnasium in Hanover in 1985, served his military service from 1985 to 1987 and became a Corvette Captain
of the Reserves. He went on to study law at the universities of Würzburg and Göttingen, taking his first state exam in 1993 and his second in 1996. He is Protestant and a member of the presidium of the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag
, a Protestant organisation. Eckart von Klaeden is married and has three daughters.
He became a member of the Junge Union
in 1983. Since 2004, he has been a member of the national board of the CDU, the Bundesvorstand. In 2008 and 2009, he participated at the Bilderberg Conference.
Hanover
Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
, Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union, serving as Minister of State
Minister of State
Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a "minister of state" is a junior minister, who is assigned to assist a specific cabinet minister...
at the German Chancellery
German Chancellery
The German Chancellery is a federal agency serving the executive office of the Chancellor, the head of the German federal government. The chief of the Chancellery holds the rank of either a Secretary of State or a Federal Minister ...
since 28 October 2009. He has been a Member of Parliament, the Bundestag
Bundestag
The Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
, since 1994, and has been spokesman for foreign policy of the CDU/CSU
CDU/CSU
CDU/CSU, unofficially also referred to as the Union parties or the Union, is the name of the Bundestag parliamentary faction comprising the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union of Bavaria , considered to be sister parties...
faction since 2005 and treasurer of the CDU since 2006.
Eckart von Klaeden took his Abitur
Abitur
Abitur is a designation used in Germany, Finland and Estonia for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling, see also for Germany Abitur after twelve years.The Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife, often referred to as...
at the Emperor William Gymnasium in Hanover in 1985, served his military service from 1985 to 1987 and became a Corvette Captain
Corvette Captain
Corvette captain is a rank in many navies which theoretically corresponds to command of a corvette . The equivalent rank in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and USA is lieutenant commander...
of the Reserves. He went on to study law at the universities of Würzburg and Göttingen, taking his first state exam in 1993 and his second in 1996. He is Protestant and a member of the presidium of the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag
Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag
The Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag is a movement of lay members of the Evangelical Church in Germany...
, a Protestant organisation. Eckart von Klaeden is married and has three daughters.
He became a member of the Junge Union
Junge Union
The Junge Union Deutschlands or JU is the jointyouth organisation of the two conservative German political parties CDU and CSU...
in 1983. Since 2004, he has been a member of the national board of the CDU, the Bundesvorstand. In 2008 and 2009, he participated at the Bilderberg Conference.