Wolf Klinz

Wolf Klinz, MEP

Wolf Klinz (born 13 September 1941, Wien) is an MEP for Germany from Free Democratic Party - The Liberals (since 2004).

Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Chair:

15.10.2009 / ... : Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis

Vice-Chair:

29.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with Canada

Member:

20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

15.09.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee

19.01.2006 / 19.06.2007 : Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

23.05.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

14.07.2009 / ... : Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

16.09.2009 / 28.09.2009 : Delegation for relations with Canada

08.10.2009 / 14.10.2009 : Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis

15.10.2009 / ... : Conference of Committee Chairs

Substitute:

22.07.2004 / 04.07.2006 : Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

15.09.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee

15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council

05.07.2006 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Legal Affairs

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Legal Affairs

05.02.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

14.03.2007 / 14.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council

15.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Development

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• Business executive, 3-C-Beratungs- und Beteiligungs-GmbH, unremunerated - consulting and investment firm

Paid Functions or Activities:

• Member of supervisory board, Zumtobel AG, Dornbirn, Austria
• Member of supervisory board, AVECO AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Member of advisory board, IVG AG, Bonn, Germany
• Annual total payment received ca. 42.000 euros.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

Election Campaign 2009

Wolf Klinz has not yet pledged to any of the four issues presented by the Election Campaign:

• to provide leadership in lobbying transparency and ethics,
• to provide leadership in reforming financial architecture,
• to promote a full-scale rethink of the EU trade policy,
• to promote corporate accountability.

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Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Graduated (1963) and doctorate (1965) in the "Hochschule für Welthandel", Vienna, after studies in Paris, Vienna, Madrid and Berlin.
• MBA at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (1966).
• Assistant and District Sales Manager in the motor vehicle industry (UK, D, USA) (1966-1970).
• Project leader and partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc. (UK, D, F) (1970-1981).
• Managing Director, VEGLA Vereinigte Glaswerke GmbH (D) (1981-1984).
• Board member, Landis & Gyr AG (CH) (1984-1990).
• Board member, Treuhandanstalt (Berlin) (1990-1994).
• Board member, plant construction, automation and surveying companies (Frankfurt am Main) (1994-2003).
• President, Chamber of Trade and Industry, Frankfurt am Main, and spokesman for the Hesse CTIs (2001-2004).
• Board member, Conference of German Chambers of Trade and Industry (Berlin) (2001-2004).
• Vice-President of Eurochambres (Brussels) (2003-2004).
• Various supervisory board memberships (since 1982).
• Currently on supervisory board of Zumtobel AG (Dornbirn/Austria), AVECO AG (Frankfurt am Main) and Herlitz AG (Berlin/Germany), member of the IVG AG advisory committee (advisory committee - Belgium), member of the Board of Governors of the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst (Frankfurt am Main), member of the general assembly of the Chamber of Trade and Industry (Frankfurt/Main), and member of the industry and research committee of the Conference of German Chambers of Trade and Industry (DIHK).
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Medal, Frankfurt am Main University. Frankfurt am Main CTI Medal of Honour. Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

10G154

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45641

Email:

wolf.klinz AT europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.wolf-klinz.de

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Wolf Klinz, 11 December 2008, accessed 21 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Wolf Klinz, accessed 21 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Wolf Klinz, accessed 29 November 2010.