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Reinhard Grindel
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Reinhard Grindel

German journalist and politician

Reinhard Dieter Grindel (born 19 September 1961) is a German journalist, politician (CDU) and football administrator.2

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Born Sep 19, 1961.1

About

From 2002 to 2016, Grindel was member of the Bundestag (Lower Chamber of the German Parliament). On 15 April 2016, he was elected president of the German Football Association (DFB) and resigned as member of parliament. On 2 April 2019, he resigned as president of the association.

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Early life and education

  • 1980 to 1988University of Hamburg3

Early years and journalism

Grindel was born in Hamburg where he also went to school and studied law after obtaining a grant from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

After his studies he worked as a journalist for radio and television. From 1997 to 1999 he headed the ZDF studio in Bonn, from 1999 to 2002 that in Brussels.

He is married and has two sons.

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Career

Occupation: journalist, functionary, jurist, television editor, correspondent, politician.10

  • 2016 to 2019President of the German Football Association6 8
  • 2016 to 2019Chair, German Football Association9
  • 2013 to 2016Member of the German Bundestag6 7
  • 2009 to 2013Member of the German Bundestag6
  • 2005 to 2009Member of the German Bundestag6
  • 2002 to 2005Member of the German Bundestag6
  • 1992 to 2002Worked at ZDF4 5
  • Date not recordedWorked at Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung4
  • Date not recordedWorked at Sat.14 5
  • Date not recordedWorked at Radio Schleswig-Holstein4 5

Personal life

  • BornSep 19, 1961, Hamburg5 11
  • CitizenshipGermany12
  • Children25 13

Politics

Political career

Grindel became a member of the CDU in 1977. He was then active in the Young Union and belonged to the state board in Hamburg from 1979 to 1985. From 1981 to 1987, he was also a member of the CDU district Board Hamburg-Eimsbüttel. From 1982 to 1988, he was deputy of the local district assembly.

Grindel was a member of the German Bundestag from 2002 to 2016. He was elected to the Bundestag through the CDU state list of Lower Saxony in 2002 and 2005. In the 2009 federal election, he was directly elected as the representative of the constituency Rotenburg I – Soltau-Fallingbostel. In the 17th legislature, he was a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs.

In the 2013 federal election, Grindel again won his constituency. In the 18th legislative term he was deputy chairman of the Sports Committee. In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats (SPD) following the elections, he was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on integration and migration, led by Maria Böhmer and Aydan Özoğuz.

In June 2016, after being elected as President of the German Football association, Grindel resigned as member of the German Bundestag and was succeeded by Kathrin Rösel.

Since 2003, Grindel has been serving as deputy chairman of the CDU district association Elbe-Weser.

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