Roland Koch

Roland Koch (born March 24, 1958 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German politician. He has been prime minister of Hesse since April 7, 1999. Image File history File links Roland_koch. ... Image File history File links Roland_koch. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is one of Germanys sixteen federal states (Bundesländer) and has an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In 1979 he became the youngest person to hold the office of chair of the CDU youth group in the Main-Taunus district. From 1983 until 1987 he was vice-chair of the federal youth organization of the CDU. In 1985 he completed his studies to become a lawyer. This page refers to the year 1979. ... The Christian Democratic Union (CDU - Christlich-Demokratische Union) is a political party in Germany. ... Main-Taunus is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

Until 1993 he was a city council member in his hometown of Eschborn. He was also a member of the Main-Taunus district council and parliamentary leader of the CDU group there from 1989 until 1997. In 1987 he was elected to the legislature of Hesse, where he became vice-chair of the CDU parliamentary group in 1991 and in 1993 chair. Since 1998 he has also been chair of the Hessian state party. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Eschborn is a city in the district Main-Taunus, Hessen, Germany. ... Main-Taunus is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Koch is a rhetorically gifted politician, whom critics have accused of populism. In the state elections in 1999, the CDU began collecting signatures to document the resistance in the population to plans of the federal government to make dual citizenship easier for foreigners to obtain. Because some people viewed this action as "collecting signatures against foreigners", they viewed the campaign as xenophobic. Koch was able to win the election and displace the incumbent, Hans Eichel. Multiple citizenship is simultaneous citizenship in two or more countries (whether it is recognized by all countries or not). ... Hans Eichel (left) with Laurent Fabius Hans Eichel (born December 24, 1941) is a German politician (SPD), was Minister of Finance from 1999-2005. ...

In early 2000 the Hessian CDU made headlines with a money laundering scandal dating back to 1983. Koch promised "the most brutal investigation possible" but tarnished his public image when it was discovered that he had not disclosed a back-dated loan agreement the party made. His party and its coalition partner, the FDP, ensured that he survived a vote of no confidence, despite the outrage in the media and the public over this affair. This article is about the year 2000. ... Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial transactions in order to conceal the identity, source and destination of the money in question. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | German political parties | Liberal parties ...

External links

• Homepage of Roland Koch