Reinhard Grindel
German journalist and politician
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- Reinhard Dieter Grindel (born 19 September 1961) is a German journalist, politician (CDU) and football administrator.
- On 15 April 2016, he was elected president of the German Football Association (DFB) and resigned as member of parliament.
- Life 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.
- From 1997 to 1999 he headed the ZDF studio in Bonn, from 1999 to 2002 that in Brussels.
- Political career Grindel became a member of the CDU in 1977.
Reinhard Dieter Grindel (born 19 September 1961) is a German journalist, politician (CDU) and football administrator.
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.
Life
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.
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.
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