Kurt Bodewig (born 26 April 1955) is a German politician of the

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(SPD) who served as a member of the German

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from 1998 to 2009, representing the

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district. From 2000 to 2002, he served as Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development in the

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Gerhard Schröder Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder (; born 7 April 1944) is a German former politician and Lobbying, lobbyist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004, he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (S ...

Political career

From 1998 until 2000, Bodewig served as Parliamentary State Secretary under minister

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in the

. In 2000, he succeeded Klimmt as minister. Following the

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, he was replaced by

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. From 2002 until 2009, Bodewig served on the Committee on European Affairs.

Other activities

Corporate boards

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, Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2016-2018) * Duisburger Hafen AG, Chairman of the Supervisory Board *

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, Member of the Advisory Board * I-NEA Solutions, Member of the Advisory Board * KPMG Deutschland, Senior Adviser

Non-profit organizations

Global Panel Foundation
Member of the Supervisory Board *

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(TEN-T), Coordinator (since 2014) * Deutsche Verkehrswacht, President (since 2007) * Baltic Sea Forum, Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2003)

Recognition

* 2013 – Honorary Degree,

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* * 1955 births Living people People from Wesel (district) Transport ministers of Germany Construction ministers of Germany Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Honorary consuls for Lithuania Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub