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Werner Müller
Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy
In office
27 October 1998 – 22 October 2002
Preceded byGünter Rexrodt
Succeeded byWolfgang Clement
Personal details
Born(1946-06-01)1 June 1946
Essen, Germany
Died15 July 2019(2019-07-15) (aged 73)
Essen
Political partyIndependent
ProfessionManager
Awards

Wilhelm Werner Müller (1 June 1946 – 15 July 2019) was a German manager of leading energy companies. As a politician, he served as Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy from 1998 to 2002. He was CEO of RAG AG from 2003, of which Evonik was derived in 2007. His management of a change in energy away from coal won him an award Manager of the Year in Germany in 2008. He was chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bahn.

Career

Born in Essen, Müller attended the Windthorst-Gymnasium [de] in Meppen, completing his Abitur in 1965.[1] He studied in Mannheim, both national economy,[2] and also piano at the the Musikhochschule Mannheim.[3][4] He later studied philosophy and linguistic in Duisburg and Bremen.[1]

Müller worked from 1973 for RWE.[2] In 1979, he moved to VEBA,[3] which became part of E.on in 2002.[2]

As a politician, Müller, who belonged to no party,[5] served as Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy from 1998 to 2002, when Gerhard Schröder (SPD) was Chancellor.[2][5] After the 1998 German federal election, Schröder made him minister, after the designated candidate, Jost Stollmann had not accepted the position because competencies of the ministery were reduced.[6] When Oskar Lafontaine resigned in 1999, Müller was also temporary Minister of Finance. Müller worked towards a first nuclear power phase-out (Ausstieg aus der Atomenergie) in Germany, in negotiations with the industries.[2]

Müller was CEO) of the RAG AG, the former Ruhrkohle AG, from 2003.[7] In 2007, the company became Evonik, now with a focus on chemistry, energy and real estate.[1][5] Müller managed the reduction of the dependence on coal as an energy source in Germany (Ausstieg aus der Kohleenergie) to deal with the issues caused by this form, namely damage to the environment and the large subsidies needed in mining,[3] in a socially acceptable way.[8] As CEO of the RAG-Stiftung [de], he took care of the damages mining had left.[2] For these activities, Manager Magazin selected him as Manager of the Year (Germany) [de] in Germany in 2008.[9][10] That year, he moved from CEO of Evonik to chairman of its supervisory board.[1][8] Müller held the same position for Deutsche Bahn from 2005 to 2010.[2]

Müller was member of the supervisory board of Borussia Dortmund.[2] He was instrumental in the successful application of the Ruhr as European Capital of Culture in 2010, uniting the region.[10]

Müller was married; he and his wife Marion had two children.[11] In April 2018, he received the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia for his life's achievements (für sein Lebenswerk) in the presence of Gerhard Schröder.[11] He resigned from all offices in May 2018, due to cancer.[12] He died in Essen on 15 July 2019.[2][7]

Legacy

In his laudatio for Müller in 2009, awarding the Great Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, President Horst Köhler focused on Müller's ability to speak the language of both politics and economy, and enable dialogue between them. In the matter of nuclear power phase-out, he managed to realize the voters' intention although it was not his personal choice, in constructive discussions of people representing different positions and interests. Köhler mentioned Müller's competence, calm manner, equanimity and dependability. In turning away from coal mining, he created a model of a socially accceptable structural transition, with patience and tenacity.[10]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ströhl, Christa (16 July 2019). "Abitur am Windthorst-Gymnasium Meppen / Früherer Wirtschaftsminister Werner Müller ist tot". noz.de (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Im Kabinett Schröder Früherer Bundeswirtschaftsminister Werner Müller ist tot" (in German). Der Spiegel. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Gassmann, Michael (16 July 2019). "Wirtschaft / Werner Müller † / Der Mann mit dem Masterplan für das Ende der Steinkohle". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  4. ^ Hoffritz, Jutta (28 October 2014). "was bewegt ... / Werner Müller?". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Werner Müller mit 73 Jahren gestorben" (in German). Deutschlandfunk. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. ^ Schwehn, Klaus J. (19 October 1998). "Jost Stollmann wirft das Handtuch". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Ex-Wirtschaftsminister Werner Müller Der letzte große Ruhrbaron ist tot" (in German). Manager Magazin. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  8. ^ a b "On the death of Werner Müller". Evonik. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  9. ^ a b Student, Dietmar (19 November 2008). "Manager des Jahres / Evonik-Chef Müller ausgezeichnet" (in German). Manager Magazin. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d Köhler, Horst (15 October 2009). "Laudatio von Bundespräsident Horst Köhler auf Bundesminister a.D. Dr. Werner Müller aus Anlass der Verleihung des Großen Verdienstkreuzes des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland". bundespraesident.de (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  11. ^ a b c "Düsseldorf: Schwerkranker Werner Müller erhält NRW-Orden für sein Lebenswerk" (in German). Aachener Nachrichten. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Tod nach Krankheit Ex-Minister Werner Müller gestorben". Tagesschau (in German). 16 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Verleihung "Bürger/in des Ruhrgebiets"". proruhrgebiet.de (in German). Retrieved 17 July 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy
1998–2002 		Succeeded by

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