Peter Schmidhuber


Peter Schmidhuber is a former German and European politician from the Bavarian CSU party.

Biography

Schmidhuber was born in Munich, Bavaria. He studied law and economics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 1951, gaining his license to practice as a lawyer in 1960. Schmidhuber worked from 1961 to 1966 in the Bavarian State Finance Department, then as a legal adviser from 1961 to 1978.
He joined the Christian Social Union in 1952. He was from 1960 to 1966 a member of the Munich City Council, and from 1965 to 1969 and again from 1972 to 1978 a member of the German Bundestag. On 15 October 1978 he was elected to the Bavarian state parliament, and he remained there until 1987. From 1978 to 1987 he was in the private office of Franz-Josef Strauss while the latter was regional Minister for Federal and European questions. He was also a member, at different times, of the coordination committee between the two chambers of the federal German parliament, and of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
Between 1987 and 1995 Schmidhuber was a member of the three Delors Commissions in Brussels, where he replaced Alois Pfeiffer, also from Bavaria. Schmidhuber's portfolios in the European Commission included Economic Affairs and Employment ; the budget ; and budget, financial control and the Cohesion Fund. After his retirement from the commission in 1995 Schmidhuber became a member of the Court of Directors of the Bundesbank. He has subsequently worked for companies specializing in economic and company law.

Decorations

Schmidhuber was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz in 1982, and promoted in the order in 1986 and 1990. He has also received various other regional and trade-related honours.

Personal

Schmidhuber is a widower with one daughter. His interests are history and philosophy, chess and art.

Publications

A list of Schmidhuber's publications can be found on this weblink to the German national library http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=4.1/REL?PPN=122929446