Background
Klaer, Karl-Heinz was born on January 16, 1947 in Bildstock, Saarland, Germany. Son of Heinz and Lilo (Hartmann) Klaer.
Klaer, Karl-Heinz was born on January 16, 1947 in Bildstock, Saarland, Germany. Son of Heinz and Lilo (Hartmann) Klaer.
Doctor of Philosophy in History, University Bonn, Germany, 1979.
Editor, translator, expert, Luchterhand, Neuwied, Germany, 1972-1975; editor, Neue Gesellschaft, Bonn, 1976-1979; teacher, researcher, U. Kassel, Germany, 1980-1983; chief cabinet, speechwriter for Chairman Willy Brandt, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, Bonn, 1983-1987; political director, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, Bonn, 1987-1991; state secretary, chief of staff, Rhineland Palatinate State Government, Mainz, Germany, 1991-1994; state secretary, plenipotentiary federal and European affairs, Rhineland Palatinate State Government, Bonn, since 1994. Board directors Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen/German television II, Mainz, Deutschland Radio/German Public Radio, Cologne.
Sergeant German Air Force, 1967-1968. Member European Union (committee of regions since 1995).
Married Renate Schmidt, November 28, 1975. Children: Erik, Tatjana.