1. Wolf Klinz served as a Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, from 2004 until 2014 and from 2017 until 2019.
12 Facts About Wolf Klinz
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Wolf Klinz studied economics and business administration in Paris, Madrid, Berlin and Vienna.
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Wolf Klinz finished his business career as CEO of a large German corporation in 2003 when he decided to go into European politics.
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From 2000 to 2004, Wolf Klinz held the position of President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Frankfurt am Main.
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Wolf Klinz was Chairman of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis, he sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and he was a substitute for the Committee on Development.
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Wolf Klinz was the Vice-Chairman for the Delegation for relations with Canada and a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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In 2009 Wolf Klinz replaced Peter Skinner as Chair of the steering committee of the European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum, a platform "promoting effective dialogue between the financial industry and MEPs and contributing to a greater understanding of financial services issues".
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Wolf Klinz did not take up this position in May 2015 due to ill health; Jean-Paul Gauzes was appointed instead.
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In November 2017, Wolf Klinz again became a Member of the European Parliament, after his party colleague Michael Theurer had been elected to the Bundestag in the German elections.
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Wolf Klinz served on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
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Wolf Klinz received the Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria in 2005.
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On 1 September 2020 Dr Wolf Klinz was appointed as an Honorary Professor of European Policy and International Management of the Ukrainian-American Concordia University.