Rudolf Walter STROHMEIER
Nationality: German Academic qualifications:
1981: Doctor iuris utriusque – University of Würzburg – Thesis on the European Monetary System (EMS)
1979: 2. State examination (Assessor) – München, Germany
1972 – 1976: Law Studies – University of Würzburg, Germany
1972 – 1975: Studies of macroeconomics with "Vordiplom" (first diploma) – University of Würzburg, Germany As from 1 May 2016: Director-General, "Publications Office" (OP)
Professional experience in the European Institutions:
17/02/2010 – 30/04/2016: Deputy Director-General responsible for Directorates dealing with "Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food", "Health", "Industrial Technologies", "Transport", "Environment" and "Energy" – Directorate-General Research and Innovation (RTD).
2005 – 2010: Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Reding (Information Society and Media).
2004 – 2005: Adviser, later Director, Directorate AGRI/B - DirectorateGeneral Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI).
2003 – 2004: Adviser in the Private Office of the President of the EU Commission, Prof. Romano Prodi.
2000 – 2003: Head of Division - Directorate-General Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI).
1995 – 2000: Deputy Head of EU-Commissioner Franz Fischler's Cabinet, Agriculture and Rural Development, since July 1999 also Fisheries.
1993 – 1995: Member of the 3 Cabinet of Commissioner Peter Schmidhuber (budget, financial control, UCLAF, Cohesion Fund).
1989 – 1993: Member of the 2 Cabinet of Commissioner Peter Schmidhuber (budget, financial control).
1987 – 1989: Member of the 1 Cabinet of Commissioner Peter Schmidhuber (economic affairs, regional politics, statistical office).
1985 – 1987: Detached civil servant to the European Commission, Directorate General VIII (Development), Brussels. 1987: First Director of the Bavarian Information Office, Brussels.
Professional experience before joining the European Institutions:
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1980 – 1985: Civil servant at the Bavarian Liaison Office to the Federal Government, Bonn. 1979 – 1980: Teaching Assistant at the Department of Civil and Commercial Law of Würzburg University. Founding member of Belgian-Bavarian Society, Bruxelles/Munich Member of Academic Society on Middle classes, Munich Member of Alumni network of the German Marshall Fund of the USA (fellowship 1984). German (mother tongue) English, French Italian, Dutch (passive)
