Konrad Schily Explained

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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Who's who in Germany . 1996 . IBP Intercontinental Book and Pub. in Deutschland . 978-88-85246-35-5 . 1480 . 30 October 2024 . en.
  2. Web site: Konrad Schily - Institut für soziale Dreigliederung . www.dreigliederung.de . 30 October 2024.
  3. News: Konrad Schily: Der Geist von Herdecke . 30 October 2024 . Wissenschaft . 1 December 1999 . de-DE.
  4. Web site: Deutscher Bundestag: Schily, Dr. Konrad . webarchiv.bundestag.de . 30 October 2024.
  5. News: Leyendecker . Hans . Der sanfte Menschenfänger . 30 October 2024 . Der Spiegel . 5 March 1989 . de.
  6. Web site: Otto Schily . www.munzinger.de . 30 October 2024.