Background
Stoltenberg was born on September 29, 1928, in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Stoltenberg was born on September 29, 1928, in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Stoltenberg received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Kiel in 1954.
Stoltenberg began his career as an academic at University of Kiel in 1954. Six years later, he became a Professor. He was a federal leader of the Junge Union in 1955-1961. In 1954, he took a position of a deputy of Landtag, Schleswig-Holstein and held it for three years, and also from 1971 to 1982. He was appointed the director of the company Friedrich Krupp in Essen in 1965 and again in 1969-1970.Then Stoltenberg worked as a deputy of the Bundestag from 1957 to 1971 and from 1983 to 1998.
In 1965, Gerhard became minister of education and research in federal government and held it for four years.Two years later, he took a position of prime minister of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1982, Gerhard became a federal minister of finance. Also in 1989, he held the position of minister of defence in the German federal government. He resigned from this position on March 31, 1992.
Stoltenberg was a member of the Lutheran church.
Gerhard was a member of Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
Gerhard Stoltenberg married Margot Rann in 1958. They have 2 children.