Background
SCHWARZ-SCHILLING, Christian was born on November 19, 1930 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications
SCHWARZ-SCHILLING, Christian was born on November 19, 1930 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Abitur (advanced matriculation examination), Berlin, 1950. University of München, history, East Asian cultural and language studies. D. Phil. 1956.
Member of county Executive Committee, Christian Democratic Union in Hessen, since 1964. Member of Christian Democratic Union group, district assembly, Büdingen, 1964-1968. Member of regional parliament, Hessen, 1966-1976.
Deputy county chairman, Christian Democratic Union in Hessen, since 1967. Secretary-general, Christian Democratic Union in Hessen, 1967-1980. Chairman, co-ordinating Committee for media policy, CDU/CSU, 1975-1983.
Deputy federal chairman, Association of the Middle Classes, CDU/CSU, since 1977. President, Exec, office, European Union of the Middle Classes, 1979-1982. Chairman, inquiry commission New Information and Communication Technology, 1981-1982.
Member of Bundestag for Wetterau. Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications, October since 1982. Traineeship as banker, Hamburg.
Managing director, Accumulators Factory Sonnenschein GmbH, Büdingen, 1957-1982. Member of governing board. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF, Second German Television Channel), 1971-1982.
Catholic.
Landtag, Hesse, Federation Republic of Germany 1966-1976. Bundestag since 1976.
Married Marie-Luise Schwarz-Schilling.