Ronald Schill
German lawyer and politician
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- Ronald Barnabas Schill (born 23 November 1958) is a former German judge, the founder of the German political parties Party for a Rule of Law Offensive ( Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive ; also called PRO or "Schill party") and Pro DM/Schill .
- He now lives in Brazil.
- Political career Schill started his career as a judge at an Amtsgericht in Hamburg from 1993 to 2001.
- His new-found right-conservative party managed to gain 19.
- Following the elections, his party entered into a coalition government with the CDU led by Ole von Beust.
Ronald Barnabas Schill (born 23 November 1958) is a former German judge, the founder of the German political parties Party for a Rule of Law Offensive (Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive; also called PRO or "Schill party") and Pro DM/Schill. He served as the Senator of the Interior and Second Mayor (deputy chief of government) in the government of Hamburg from 2001 to 2003.
He now lives in Brazil. Since 2014, Schill has appeared in inexpensively produced TV reality shows on German cable channels.
Political career
Schill started his career as a judge at an Amtsgericht in Hamburg from 1993 to 2001. Due to his controversial rulings as a judge, which frequently involved the maximum penalty, he was given the nickname "Richter Gnadenlos" ("Judge Merciless"); most of these rulings were overruled by higher courts later on.
His new-found right-conservative party managed to gain 19.4% of all votes in the elections for Hamburg's parliament, the Bürgerschaft, on 23 September 2001. Following the elections, his party entered into a coalition government with the CDU led by Ole von Beust. Schill became second mayor of Hamburg and senator (equivalent of minister) of the interior; among other things, he announced that he would lower crime rates by 50% within 100 days, an undertaking which remained unsuccessful.
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