Curriculum Vitae (English)

Heinrich Aller

Member of Parliament in Lower Saxony (Germany), Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee, Finance Minister (1998 - 2003)

Elected a full-time Member of the Lower Saxon Parliament for the first time in 1982. Served as Spokesman for finance, budget and economic affairs in the parliamentary group of the SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany). Chairman of the fraction until 1998.

Appointed Finance Minister in 1998 by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (then Prime Minister of Lower Saxony). Has served this position under Schröders successors Gerhard Glogowski and Sigmar Gabriel until the end of the legislative period in March 2003. Change in government due to election, won by the CDU, in February 2003.

Re-Elected to parliament for 6th period (2003 - 2008) in March 2003. Heading the Budget and Finance Committee and engaging in European and International Affairs.

Former Representations of the State of Lower Saxony / Lower Saxon Government as a shareholder in advisory boards:

Chairmen of the Board of Norddeutsche Landesbank (Nord/LB)
Member of the Boards of Volkswagen AG, Deutsche Messe AG, EXPO2000, Deutsche Stiftung Umweltschutz (DBU, largest German environment foundation)

Negotiations as representative of federal states and SPD in nation-wide committees
- Reform of the "Länderfinanzausgleich" (financial equalisation between the states) an "Solidarpakt II" (Solidarity Pact II for Eastern Germany)
- German Tax Reform
- Financial Reform of Local Government

Promotion

- of Reform of Tax Administration in Lower Saxony (Finanzamt 2003”) and introduction of the nation-wide IT-System Fiscus)
- of Public Private Partnership Projects within state government and in co-operation with industry and financial sector (including contacts to USA, GB, SE Asia)

Present engagement and activities in special fields of interest:

- Restructuring public administration (esp. tax administration) including IT and foreign experience
- Public Private Partnership (concepts for financing and administrating public infrastructure and services)
- Reshaping the (public) banking system in Germany within more and more competitive and European/international markets
- Defining political, economical and social programs and Lower Saxon and German interests within the process of European integration and global developments.
- Activities in German-US-American and German-Canadian relations through AmCham and Atlantic Bridge.

Private/professional background:

- Born on 30th September 1947 and living in Seelze, near Hannover/Lower Saxony. Married, one daughter.
- After graduation of Gymnasium, Police Force, University of Hannover (English, Politics, PE), studies financed by working as a free-lance journalist.
- 1972 - 1982 grammar school teacher and principal at schools in Hannover; public relations officer of the Lower Saxon Ministry of Eduction.
- Member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Chairman in the Region of Hannover from 1982 - 2009, engaged in local government.