Reinhard Grindel

Reinhard Grindel

Reinhard Grindel in 2013
Born (1961-09-19) 19 September 1961
Hamburg
Occupation Journalist
Title President of the German Football Association
Term 2016–present
Predecessor Rainer Koch and Reinhard Rauball (acting)
Children 2

Reinhard Dieter Grindel (born 19 September 1961 in Hamburg) is a German Journalist, politician (CDU) and football administrator.

From 2002 to 2016 Grindel was member of the Bundestag (Lower Chamber of the German Parliament). On 15 April 2016 he was elected president of the German Football Association (DFB) and resigned as member of parliament.

Life

Early years and journalism

He was born in Hamburg where he also went to school and studied law after obtaining a grant from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

After his studies he worked as a journalist for radio and television. From 1997 to 1999 he headed the ZDF studio in Bonn, from 1999 to 2002 that in Brussels.

He is married and has two sons.

Politics

Grindel became a member of the CDU in 1977. He was then active in the Young Union and belonged to the state board in Hamburg from 1979 to 1985. From 1981 to 1987, he was also a member of the CDU district Board Hamburg-Eimsbüttel. From 1982 to 1988, he was deputy of the local district assembly. Grindel was a member of the German Bundestag from 2002 to 2016. He has moved through the national list Lower Saxony to the Bundestag in 2002 and 2005. In the 2009 election, he won the constituency Rotenburg I - Soltau-Fallingbostel. In the 17th legislature, he was a member of the Bundestag Committee on Internal Affairs. Also during the general election in 2013, he won his constituency. In the 18th legislative term he was deputy chairman of the Sports Committee. In June 2016, after being elected as President of the German Football association, Grindel resigned as member of the German Bundestag and was succeeded by Kathrin Rösel.

Since 2003, Grindel is deputy chairman of the CDU district association Elbe-Weser.

Football administration

Grindel is a member of the Rotenburger SV. From 2011 to 2014, he was 1st Vice President of the Lower Saxony Football Association, he is also vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Robert Enke Foundation.[1] From October 2013 to April 2016, he was treasurer of the German Football Association.[2][3] Grindel was elected on 15 April 2016 to the position of DFB president, succeeding the retiring Wolfgang Niersbach.

References

  1. ↑ "Kuratorium" (in German). Robert Enke Stiftung. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  2. ↑ "Wiederwahl als DFB-Präsident: 100 Prozent Gefolgschaft für Niersbach" (in German). Spiegel. 2013-10-25. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  3. ↑ "„Ich weiß, wo der Schuh drückt"" (in German). kreiszeitung.de. 2013-10-26. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
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