Background
SOLMS, Hermann Otto was born on November 24, 1940 in Lieh, Kreis Gießen, West Germany (née Doctor Christiane Solms).
politician member of the German Bundestag
SOLMS, Hermann Otto was born on November 24, 1940 in Lieh, Kreis Gießen, West Germany (née Doctor Christiane Solms).
After completing his secondary education (Abitur) in 1960, Solms carried out his obligatory military service and then completed a commercial apprenticeship in 1964. He studied Economics in Frankfurt am Main and Giessen, Germany and Kansas, United States of America, finishing in 1969 with an economics degree and in 1975 with a doctoral degree in agriculture (dr agriculture).
Member of county Executive Committee. Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) Hessen. Member of financial Committee, Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party), since 1980.
Member of Bundestag, party list of Hessen. Fed. treasurer. Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party). since 1987. Chairman. Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) Parliamentary Group, 199I-.
Bank apprenticeship, qualified assistant, merchant, 1964. Researcher, Gießen, 1970-1973. Setting up of own business, 1976.
Managing partner, 197885. Member of supervisory board, Datagraph GmbH Computer Systems, Lich/Hessen, since 1985. Member of advisory board, DoctorOptic-Wetzlar GmbH.
Member of advisory board, HWH Machine Tools Holding Gmbh, Gießen. Member of financial committee. Convention of German Industry and Trade.
Member of presiding board. Working Group Economic Middle Class.
Protestant
He has been a member of the Bundestag (MdB) since 1980, serving as Deputy Chairman from 1985 to 1991, and as Chairman of the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) Bundestag parliamentary party from January 15, 1991 to October 26, 1998, at which time he was selected to serve as the Vice President of the Bundestag.
Since 1971, Solms has been a member of the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party), holding the post of Treasury Secretary from 1987 to 1999.