Gert Weisskirchen
1976 to 1980 Professor of Social Education, Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences (since on leave), since 1995 honorary professor of applied cultural studies, Potsdam University of Applied Sciences (Department of Cultural and Social Change).
Since 1983, various contacts with dissidents and civil rights activists in the CSSR, GDR, Poland, Hungary and the Soviet Union and especially Belarus, 1991 to 1994 member of the Higher Education Commission of the State of Brandenburg, since 1992 member of the Presidium of the Helsinki Citizen's Assembly (HCA), one Umbrella organization of peace and civil rights movements, founded by Vaclav Havel, since 1992 state chairman and member of the Executive Federal Board of the German-Czech and German-Slovak Society, since 1994 chairman of the Forum for Democratic Socialism.
1969 to 1972 member of the Juso state board of Baden-Württemberg, 1971 to 1972 Juso state chairman. 1973 to 1997 member of the SPD state executive committee of Baden-Württemberg, 1973 to 1991 district chairman of the SPD Rhein-Neckar, since 1991 member of the (federal) control commission of the SPD and since 1994 of the basic values commission of the SPD.
Member of the Bundestag since 1976; 1976 to 1983 deputy chairman, then chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Education and Science Committee, 1987 to 1990 chairman of the armaments conversion working group of the SPD parliamentary group and chairman of the study commission "Education 2000", 1990 to 1994 member of the study commission " Coming to terms with the history and consequences of the SED dictatorship in Germany", 1993 to 1998 spokesman for the "United Nations" working group of the SPD parliamentary group; 1994 Member of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, 1997 Speaker of the Group of Social Democratic Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and since 1998 Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights and Democracy of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, since 2005 Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman for Combating Anti-Semitism; Member of the board since 1998, spokesman for culture and media from 1998 to October 1999, foreign policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group since October 1999.
Since 1983, various contacts with dissidents and civil rights activists in the CSSR, GDR, Poland, Hungary and the Soviet Union and especially Belarus, 1991 to 1994 member of the Higher Education Commission of the State of Brandenburg, since 1992 member of the Presidium of the Helsinki Citizen's Assembly (HCA), one Umbrella organization of peace and civil rights movements, founded by Vaclav Havel, since 1992 state chairman and member of the Executive Federal Board of the German-Czech and German-Slovak Society, since 1994 chairman of the Forum for Democratic Socialism.
1969 to 1972 member of the Juso state board of Baden-Württemberg, 1971 to 1972 Juso state chairman. 1973 to 1997 member of the SPD state executive committee of Baden-Württemberg, 1973 to 1991 district chairman of the SPD Rhein-Neckar, since 1991 member of the (federal) control commission of the SPD and since 1994 of the basic values commission of the SPD.
Member of the Bundestag since 1976; 1976 to 1983 deputy chairman, then chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Education and Science Committee, 1987 to 1990 chairman of the armaments conversion working group of the SPD parliamentary group and chairman of the study commission "Education 2000", 1990 to 1994 member of the study commission " Coming to terms with the history and consequences of the SED dictatorship in Germany", 1993 to 1998 spokesman for the "United Nations" working group of the SPD parliamentary group; 1994 Member of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, 1997 Speaker of the Group of Social Democratic Members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and since 1998 Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights and Democracy of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, since 2005 Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman for Combating Anti-Semitism; Member of the board since 1998, spokesman for culture and media from 1998 to October 1999, foreign policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group since October 1999.