Franz Thönnes
Elementary school, secondary school, secondary school leaving certificate, apprenticeship as industrial clerk
Professional career: 1973 to 1978 sales clerk, 1972 to 1978 youth representative and works council, 1978 to 1979 studies at the Social Academy in Dortmund, 1979 to 2002 Secretary of IG Chemie-Papier-Keramik, now IG Bergbau-Chemie-Energie, 1980 to 1988 District Secretary, 1988 to 1994 Managing Director of IG Chemie-Papier-Keramik in Hamburg, 1986 to 1994 Member of the Supervisory Board of Wirtschafts- und Aufbaugesellschaft Stormarn mbH, Member of the Supervisory Board of AlliedSignal-Deutschland GmbH (employee representative); honorary labor judge.
Memberships (honorary): Member of AWO and Heimvolkshochschule Hustedt e. V., member of Trägerverein KZ-Gedenkstätte Kaltenkirchen Springhirsch e.V., member of Förderkreis Die Falken, member of "Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie e.V., member of Freundeskreis Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, member of Amerika-Gesellschaft Bad Segeberg, Federal Chairman of Deutsch-Norwegische Freundschaftsgesellschaft e. V., Member of the Board of the Norwegian-German Willy Brandt Foundation (Oslo), Chairman of the Association for the Promotion of the Norwegian-German Willy Brandt Foundation (Berlin), Member of the German-Norwegian Advisory Board of E.ON Ruhrgas AG for the scholarship program, Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Journalist Programs (IJP).
Professional career: 1973 to 1978 sales clerk, 1972 to 1978 youth representative and works council, 1978 to 1979 studies at the Social Academy in Dortmund, 1979 to 2002 Secretary of IG Chemie-Papier-Keramik, now IG Bergbau-Chemie-Energie, 1980 to 1988 District Secretary, 1988 to 1994 Managing Director of IG Chemie-Papier-Keramik in Hamburg, 1986 to 1994 Member of the Supervisory Board of Wirtschafts- und Aufbaugesellschaft Stormarn mbH, Member of the Supervisory Board of AlliedSignal-Deutschland GmbH (employee representative); honorary labor judge.
Memberships (honorary): Member of AWO and Heimvolkshochschule Hustedt e. V., member of Trägerverein KZ-Gedenkstätte Kaltenkirchen Springhirsch e.V., member of Förderkreis Die Falken, member of "Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie e.V., member of Freundeskreis Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, member of Amerika-Gesellschaft Bad Segeberg, Federal Chairman of Deutsch-Norwegische Freundschaftsgesellschaft e. V., Member of the Board of the Norwegian-German Willy Brandt Foundation (Oslo), Chairman of the Association for the Promotion of the Norwegian-German Willy Brandt Foundation (Berlin), Member of the German-Norwegian Advisory Board of E.ON Ruhrgas AG for the scholarship program, Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Journalist Programs (IJP).