Norbert Geng (born 1965) is a German

lawyer A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters. The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction and the legal system, as w ...

and professor of special

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Biography

Geng studied law at

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. Founded in 1402, it is one of the ol ...

and completed his legal clerkship from 1994 to 1995. He worked as an editorial journalist for the ''WISO-Steuerbrief'' (

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) and afterwards as a lawyer in

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Central Germany (cultural area), Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the Gera (river), River Gera, in the so ...

for four years before he became

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of the HUK-Coburg insurance group. In 2000 he graduated at the

University of Jena The University of Jena, officially the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (, abbreviated FSU, shortened form ''Uni Jena''), is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. The university was established in 1558 and is cou ...

with his conferral of a doctorate about "Ausgleich und Abfindung der Minderheitsaktionäre der beherrschten Aktiengesellschaft bei Verschmelzung und Spaltung" (''"

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and compensation of the minority

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s of the controlled

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during

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and splitting."''). Since 2002 he has been professor at the faculty of commercial law at the University of Applied Sciences in Schmalkalden. Geng is member of the Hayek Society and adheres to the

Austrian School of economics The Austrian school is a heterodox school of economic thought that advocates strict adherence to methodological individualism, the concept that social phenomena result primarily from the motivations and actions of individuals along with their ...

. In 2010, he became co-president of the

Party of Reason The Party of Reason (, PdV) is a libertarian political party in Germany founded in May 2009 by Oliver Janich. The party's policies are based on the Austrian School of economics. It campaigns for libertarian positions, including a minimal state, ...

(pdv). He resides in Grünsfeld.Eine Partei gegen den Verdruss
,

Südwest Presse ''Südwest Presse'' is a German daily newspaper based in Ulm, which is distributed in Ulm, Neu-Ulm, Alb-Donau-Kreis and Landkreis Neu-Ulm. It is also the name of a regional cooperative venture (called a ''Zeitungsverbund'' – newspaper compo ...

, 26 March 2011.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Geng, Norbert 1965 births University of Würzburg alumni German legal scholars 20th-century German lawyers Party of Reason politicians 21st-century German politicians Living people