Christian Patermann

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Christian Patermann (born 1942 in Gliwice, Upper Silesia) is a lawyer and is considered one of the pioneers of bioeconomics, agriculture, and foodstuffs in the European Union in Brussels.[1][2]

Life and Work

Patermann finished his schooling in Braunschweig in Germany in 1962. After studying private law at the universities of Freiburg in Breisgau, Lausanne, Geneva, Munich and Bonn he passed his law exams and in 1969 he obtained a doctorate at the University of Bonn with a thesis entitled "The Development of the Principle of Free Consideration of Evidence in Ordinary Civil Proceedings in the Legislative Procedure and Case Law".

After passing his State Exams he worked from 1971 to 1996 for the Federal Ministry of Science where he was engaged in the areas of space travel, ecology and global change. From 1998 to 1993 he was also press officer and leader of the managerial team of the then Federal Research Minister Heinz Riesenhuber.

From 1996 until his retirement in 2007 Patermann served in the Research Directorate of the European Union, responsible for Ecology and sustainability and as Programme Director for Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food shaped, in particular, the agricultural research framework of the EU.[3]

Engagement & Honours (selection)

Since his retirement Patermann has been an advisor to numerous public and private enterprises and in 2009 was a founding member of the first German Bioökonomierats (Bio-economics Advisory Committee). In 2011 he was recognised for his service to agricultural research with the award of an Honorary Doctorate in Agricultural Science by the Agricultural Faculty of Bonn University.[4][5] Christian Patermann was appointed member in the Accademia dei Georgofili 2012.[6] In 2018 he was appointed Fellow of the International Society of Horticultural Societies in Leuven (Louvain), the largest international Assembly in Horticulture worldwide.[7]

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References

  1. ^ "Dr. Dr. h c Christian Patermann on the IBB-Netzwerk". Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  2. ^ Christian Patermann Member of the Bioökonomierat Germany
  3. ^ "Christian Patermann Discourse Partner in Bio-economics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  4. ^ Honorary Doctorate of the University of Bonn for Dr. Christian Patermann
  5. ^ Christian Patermann on Bio-economicson on the occasion of the award of his Honorary Doctorate in Bioökonomie on Youtube
  6. ^ Patermann Member of the Georgifili Accademia dei Georgofili Flornce
  7. ^ Patermann on the Website of the Association for European Life Science Universities.
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