Peter Kurth (politician) explained

Peter Kurth
Office:Member of the Senate, State Minister of Finance
Term Start:1999
Term End:2001
Predecessor:Annette Fugmann-Heesing
Successor:Christiane Krajewski
Birth Date:5 April 1960
Nationality:German
Party:CDU

Peter Kurth (born 5 April 1960) is a German politician (former CDU) and lobby-manager who served as State Minister of Finance (Senator) in Berlin from 1999 until 2001.[1] [2] [3] He is active in far-right networks and is supporting neo-facist activities in Germany and Austria.

Career

Peter Kurth studied law and political science both in Bonn and in Freiburg. Following a traineeship in Berlin, he carried out various activities insocial and business administration in the State of Berlin.

From 1994, Kurth served as State Secretary to the successive State Ministers of Finance Elmar Pieroth (1994-1996) and Annette Fugmann-Heesing (1996-1999) in the government of Mayor Eberhard Diepgen (CDU). In 2009 he ran for the CDU in Cologne for the office of mayor. From 2001 until 2009, Kurth was a member of the board of Alba Group in Berlin.

Kurth was president of the influential "Federal Association of the German Waste Management, Water and Raw Materials Industry" (BDE). He was scheduled to step down from the office of association president at the end of January 2024. However, two weeks ago the association announced that it had separated from Kurth with immediate effect. Right-wing extremism, racism or anti-Semitism have no place in the BDE, the statement said.[4]

In October 2023, Kurth resigned from the CDU. He retained his membership in the “Mittelstandsunion”.

Far-right activities

In 2023, Kurth invited prominent representatives of the AfD and the radical right to his private apartment in Berlin, including Maximilian Krah, AfD's top candidate for the 2024 European elections, the right-wing extremist publisher Götz Kubitschek and the Austrian IB right-wing extremist Martin Sellner.

In 2019, Kurth supported the neo-fascist Identitarian Movement (IB) with at least €120,000 for a right-wing extremist house project.[5] The money was transferred to a company associated with the IB and was apparently used to purchase a house near Linz in Austria, which was opened in 2021 as a right-wing meeting place under the name "Castell Aurora".[6] Also with Peter Kurth's financial support, a property for an IB house in Chemnitz was purchased in 2022. The IB activist responsible for the purchase was also present at the meeting in Kurth's Berlin apartment in July 2023.[7]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peter Kurth . ec.europa.eu . en.
  2. Web site: ALBA Vorstand Peter Kurth. https://web.archive.org/web/20090629062820/http://www.alba.info/ALBA_de/corporate/ALBA_im_Ueberblick/Vorstand/peter_kurth.php. dead. 29 June 2009. 29 June 2009. 8 October 2018.
  3. Web site: Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin. https://web.archive.org/web/20130719025345/http://www.parlament-berlin.de/pari/web/wdefault.nsf/vHTML/C16_6?OpenDocument. dead. 19 July 2013. 19 July 2013. 8 October 2018.
  4. Web site: deutschlandfunk.de . "Der Tagesspiegel" - Früherer Berliner Senator Kurth kommt Ausschluss aus Mittelstandsunion mit Austritt zuvor . 2024-02-04 . Die Nachrichten . de.
  5. News: Joswig . Gareth . 2024-01-25 . Nazi-Netzwerk um Peter Kurth: Der Konservative in der Braunzone . 2024-02-04 . Die Tageszeitung: taz . de . 0931-9085.
  6. News: 120.000 Euro für Rechtsextremisten-Treff: Berlins Ex-Finanzsenator Kurth tiefer bei Identitären verstrickt . 2024-02-04 . Der Tagesspiegel Online . de-DE . 1865-2263.
  7. Web site: Ehemaliger CDU-Politiker soll Identitären-Zentrum in Steyregg finanziert haben . 2024-02-04 . Tips Online . de.
  8. https://www.db.com/company/de/media/bezirksbeiraete-fuer-deutschland-regional-advisory-councils-for-germany.pdf Members of the Regional Advisory Board, 2018
  9. https://www.kfw.de/PDF/Download-Center/Finanzpublikationen/PDF-Dokumente-Berichte-etc/1_Gesch%C3%A4ftsberichte/Gescha%CC%88ftsbericht_2001_D.pdf 2001 Annual Report
  10. https://bdi.eu/der-bdi/organisation/praesidium/ Presidium
  11. https://www.fead.be/who-we-are/administrative-council Administrative Council
  12. https://www.retech-germany.net/organisation/beirat/ Advisory Board