Gertrud Höhler Explained

Gertrud Höhler
Birth Name:Gertrud Höhler
Birth Date:10 January 1941
Birth Place:Wuppertal, Germany
Nationality:German
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Occupation:Professor, management consultant, political consultant
Children:1

Gertrud Höhler (born 10 January 1941) is a German literary scholar, management consultant and political consultant.

Early life

Höhler was born in Wuppertal, Germany, and is the second of four children of parish priest Heinrich Höhler (1907–1995) and his wife Helene, daughter of the theologian Fritz Horn.[1] The German cardiologist Mia Helene Höhler (1939–2020) was her sister;[2] [3] the German architect Ernst Höhler (1942–2019) was her brother.[4]

Höhler graduated from high school in Wuppertal. She then studied literature studies and art history in Bonn, Berlin, Zurich and Mannheim from 1960 to 1966. Her studies were supported by a scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.[5] In 1967 she was awarded her doctorate with a thesis on Unruhige Gäste. Das Bibelzitat in Wilhelm Raabes Roman (The Biblical Quotation in Wilhelm Raabe's Novel Unruhige Gäste), and worked at the University of Mannheim.

Career

In 1972, at the age of 31, Höhler was appointed to the founding senate of the University of Paderborn as an academic councilor.

From 1976 to 1993, Höhler was Professor of German Studies and General Literature Studies at the University of Paderborn. In 1993, she resigned her professorship in Paderborn to work as a freelance publicist and management consultant. In addition, Höhler was a Fellow of the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study as well as a member of the Senate of the Fraunhofer Society.[6]

From 1987 to 1989, Höhler was a consultant to Alfred Herrhausen, the chairman of the board of Deutsche Bank.[7] In addition, Carl Hahn engaged her as a consultant for Volkswagen.[8] While working for Deutsche Bank, she served as a consultant for other associations and companies and was on leave from her professorial duties.[9]

Höhler also consulted, among others, for the British company Grand Metropolitan, the Swiss insurance holding company Bâloise, the chemical company Ciba and the engineering company Georg Fischer.[10]

Höhler gained international fame through numerous publications as well as media appearances in which she took a stand on current political and economic issues. She also became known to the public for her political consulting activities, such as for Thuringia's Minister President Dieter Althaus[11] and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.[12] [13]

Höhler is a member of the CDU.[14] In the 1980s, she was considered several times as a candidate for a federal ministerial office in Kohl's cabinets, including the office of Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health.[15] [16] From 1986 to 1993, Höhler was a member of the Advisory Council to the Federal Ministry of Defence on Issues of Inner Leadership.[17]

Höhler was host of the sociopolitical talk show Baden-Badener Disput – Kulturgespräch zur Zeit (SWR) from 1988 to 2000, which had a total of 58 episodes.[18]

Höhler published titles such as Wölfin unter Wölfen. Warum Männer ohne Frauen Fehler machen (2000), Warum Vertrauen siegt (2003) sowie Jenseits der Gier. Vom Luxus des Teilens (2005).

In various books such as Die Patin. Wie Angela Merkel Deutschland umbaut (The Godmother. How Angela Merkel is Rebuilding Germany) (2012), Demokratie im Sinkflug: Wie sich Angela Merkel und EU-Politiker über geltendes Recht stellen (Democracy in decline: How Angela Merkel and EU politicians place themselves above applicable law) (2017) or Angela Merkel – Das Requiem (Angela Merkel – The Requiem) (2020) and media appearances she presented herself as a harsh critic of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.[19]

Personal life

During the 1960s Höhler belonged to the left-wing subcultural milieu. She was in a relationship with the German screenwriter and film director Ulf Miehe (with whom she self-published a book of poems in 1962).[20]

Höhler is single and has a son, Abel Rainer Daniel (born 1967 in Baden, Switzerland), who is also a management consultant.[21] She lives in Dahlem, a district of Berlin, and at Obersee, St. Gallen.[22]

Honors and awards

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emsländische und Bentheimer Familienforschung (p. 154), August 1999, 50(10) . de . 25 June 2021.
  2. Web site: obituary: Mia Helene Höhler . WZ Trauer . 2020 . de . 25 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Mia Helene Höhler . German National Library . de . 25 June 2021.
  4. Web site: obituary: Ernst Höhler . Aachen Gedenkt . 2019 . de . 25 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Biographie Prof. Dr. Gertrud Höhler . Fairness Stiftung . 2002 . de . 26 June 2021.
  6. Web site: Prof. Dr. Gertrud Höhler. Beraterin, Autorin. LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, POLITIK . Handelsblatt . de . 26 June 2021.
  7. Web site: "Dieser Mann potenziert das Problem" . DER SPIEGEL . 1989 . de . 26 June 2021.
  8. Web site: "Beim Geld geht's nicht mit rechten Dingen zu" . Hans-Jürgen Jakobs . Süddeutsche Zeitung . 2010 . de . 25 June 2021.
  9. Web site: Volkswagen – Eigenwilliger Führungsstil . DER SPIEGEL . 1989 . de . 26 June 2021.
  10. Web site: Prof. Dr. Gertrud Höhler. Beraterin, Autorin. LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, POLITIK . Handelsblatt . de . 26 June 2021.
  11. Web site: Matthias Tüsing . Enge Althaus-Beraterin in die Kritik geraten . 2007 . insuedthueringen.de . de . 26 June 2021.
  12. News: DER SPIEGEL . Sonntag, 16. 4. . Der Spiegel . 1989 . de . 26 June 2021.
  13. Web site: tagesschau.de . Sandra Stalinski . Interview: "Sie hat keinen Spielraum für große Aktionen" . 2012 . de . 26 June 2021.
  14. Web site: "Merkel arbeitet am Zerfall der Demokratie" . Handelsblatt . 2012 . de . 26 June 2021.
  15. Web site: Hans-Joachim Noack . DER SPIEGEL . "In den Stromschnellen des Wertewandels" . 1989 . de . 26 June 2021.
  16. News: DER SPIEGEL . Gertrud Höhler . 1986 . Der Spiegel . de . 26 June 2021.
  17. Web site: Biographie Prof. Dr. Gertrud Höhler . Fairness Stiftung . 2002 . de . 26 June 2021.
  18. News: Ansgar Graw . Höhler geht, Elstner kommt . DIE WELT . 2000 . de . 26 June 2021.
  19. Web site: Eine streitbare Publizistin rechnet mit Angela Merkel ab . Martin Tofern . Handelsblatt . 2020 . de . 26 June 2021.
  20. Web site: Vor der Reise. Erinnerungen an den Schriftsteller Bernward Vesper. . de . 2005 . Henner Voss . Jungle World . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930012924/http://jungle-world.com/seiten/2005/05/4841.php . 26 June 2021. usurped . 30 September 2007.
  21. Web site: Society Models: Prominente aus Wirtschaft & Kultur . manager-magazin.de . 2006 . de . 25 June 2021.
  22. Web site: Gertrud Höhler. Sie berät Merkel & Co. . Schweizer Illustrierte . 2008 . de . 25 June 2021.
  23. [Bundespräsidialamt]
  24. Web site: Biographie Prof. Dr. Gertrud Höhler . Fairness Stiftung . 2002 . de . 26 June 2021.

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