Konrad Schily

Konrad Schily (born 7 November 1937 in Bochum[1]) was from 2005 to 2009 a member of the German parliament, the Bundestag. He is a neurologist[2] and co-founder of the Witten/Herdecke University, Germany's first private university that opened in 1982.[3] He was the university's president from 1982 to 1999 and from 2002 to 2004.

Schily was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), but in 2003 he became a member of the Innovationskreis NRW liberal, a think tank of the centrist party Free Democratic Party (FDP). In 2005 Schily became a member of the FDP. He was elected to the Bundestag the same year.[4]

Family

Konrad Schily is the youngest of five children. He is married and has four children.[5] His brother is Otto Schily, the former German Minister of the Interior.[6]

References

  1. ^ Who's who in Germany. IBP Intercontinental Book and Pub. in Deutschland. 1996. p. 1480. ISBN 978-88-85246-35-5. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Konrad Schily - Institut für soziale Dreigliederung". www.dreigliederung.de. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Konrad Schily: Der Geist von Herdecke". Wissenschaft (in German). 1 December 1999. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Deutscher Bundestag: Schily, Dr. Konrad". webarchiv.bundestag.de. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  5. ^ Leyendecker, Hans (5 March 1989). "Der sanfte Menschenfänger". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Otto Schily". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 30 October 2024.