Andreas Pinkwart
| Andreas Pinkwart | |
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| State Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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Assumed office 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Garrelt Duin |
| Deputy Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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In office 2005–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Vesper |
| Succeeded by | Sylvia Löhrmann |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
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In office 2002 – 2005 |
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18 August 1960 Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Citizenship | German |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | (Free Democratic Party) |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
| Occupation | Professor |
Andreas Pinkwart (born 1960 in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician and academic who currently serves as State Minister for Economic Affairs, Digitization, Innovation and Energy in the government of Minister-President Armin Laschet. He previously was the Dean of HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and holder of the Stiftungsfonds Deutsche Bank Chair of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship.
After finishing his Abitur (A-levels) in 1979 he took on an apprenticeship with the Dresdner Bank. Following he studied Economics and Management Science in Munster and Bonn, receiving his Diplom-Volkswirt in 1987. With his dissertation "Chaos und Unternehmenskrise" (chaos and a business crisis) he attained the title Dr. rer. from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn. It was published as edition 116 of the series Beiträge zur betriebswirtschaftlichen Forschung.
Andreas Pinkwart's political career is closely knit to the FDP (Free Democratic Party). He joined the party in 1980, at the age of 19. From 1988 to 1990 he was part of the FDP's scientific staff and from 1991 onwards he was first secretary to the chairman of the FDP's parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Hermann Otto Solms.
Pinkwart's career in Higher Education began 1994 at the College of Higher Education in Düsseldorf, where he was professor of Economics and Management Science. From 1998 onwards a professorship at the University of Siegen followed, where Pinkwart taught Business Administration with focus on SMEs.
In 2002, Pinkwart succeeded Jürgen Möllemann as chairman of the FDP in North Rhine-Westphalia, an office he held until 2010. From 2003, he also served as one of the national party's deputy chairmen under the leadership of Guido Westerwelle.
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