Rainer Ortleb
Rainer Ortleb Bundesminister a. D. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ortleb in 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 10 February 1990 – 11 August 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Manfred Gerlach | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Position abolished Otto Graf Lambsdorff (as Leader of the Free Democratic Party) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Education and Research | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 12 January 1991 – 4 February 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jürgen Möllemann | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Karl-Hans Laermann | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for Special Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 3 October 1990 – 17 January 1991 Serving with Hans Klein, Rudolf Seiters, Lothar de Maizière, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Günther Krause, Hansjoachim Walther | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Position established | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Position abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of Die Liberalen group in the Volkskammer | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Position established | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Wolfgang Mischnick (as Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Bundestag) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 June 1944 Gera, Thuringia, Soviet occupation zone (now Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Free Democratic Party (1990–2001) Liberal Democratic Party (1968–1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Dresden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Dresden University of Technology (Dr. rer. nat.) (Dr.-Ing. habil.) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rainer Ortleb (born 5 June 1944) is a German academic and politician.
From October 1990 he served under Helmut Kohl as a Federal Minister for Special Affairs in Germany's first post-reunification government. In the next government, between 1991 and 1994, he served as Federal Minister of Education and Research.