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  Roland Koch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roland Koch (born March 24, 1958 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German politician.
Koch is a rhetorically gifted politician, whom critics have accused of populism.
Koch promised "the most brutal investigation possible" but tarnished his public image when it was discovered that he had not disclosed a back-dated loan agreement the party made.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roland_Koch   (329 words)

  
 Koch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carl Wilhelm Otto Koch, (1810 - 1876), mayor of Leipzig
Charles G. Koch - Billionaire, heir and CEO of Koch Industries and co-founder of the free-market Cato Institute.
Robert Koch - German physician, discoverer of the tubercle and cholera bacilli, Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate in 1905
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Koch   (295 words)

  
 KBDC INDO GERMAN PORTAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Roland Koch was born on 24th March 1958 in Frankfurt at Main.
Roland Koch was the Deputy Head, and from 1993 the Chief of the CDU local fraction until he became the Minister President of the Federal State of Hessen on 7th April 1999.
Roland Koch is a member of the “White Ring” which supports the victims of crime.
www.indogermanbiotech.net /externalwin.asp?name=Inside&TempThumVal=3   (315 words)

  
 Daily online newspaper: The Christian Science Monitor
Koch hopes to cut the number of work-capable welfare recipients in his state by half.
In particular, Koch, of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, is interested in the "contract" recipients have with the state and the penalties they face if they fail to fulfill it.
It is among the topics Koch's social minister is discussing with Wisconsin officials on a trip to the state this week.
www.csmonitor.com /2001/0831/p7s2-woeu.htm   (617 words)

  
 Australia Tibet Council: News: The Dalai Lama Visits Wiesbaden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Roland Koch and Peter Bodde, the Consul General of the United States.
Roland Koch were met at the entrance by a receiving line of 30 children.
Roland Koch made a powerful and moving speech in support of His Holiness's Middle Way Approach to solving the Sino-Tibetan question.
www.atc.org.au /news/news/20050728_hhgermany.html   (673 words)

  
 Roland Koch, prime ministe of Hesse, and BARIG in dialogue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Prime minister Koch emphasized that a night flight ban would be a indispensable part of the mediation in order to create a compensation for the strains caused by the extension of the new runway.
Koch pointed out that the airport system would not be only an important requirement to assure the night flight ban, but also said that Frankfurt-Hahn offers a 24-hours operational service.
Another topic of the discussion with Roland Koch was the support of the countries on new legislation process like the German Air Transport Law signed on 12 January 2005.
www.barig.org /Pressemitteilungen/ep050422.htm   (428 words)

  
 Germany's New Government:
Franz Josef Jung A Man of "Hesse's Clique" in Berlin
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Roland Koh is 9 years younger than Jung: he was born in March, 1958 in one of the largest German cities, Frankfurt am Main.
In 1991 Roland Koch (whose father at that moment held the post of Minister of Justice of Hesse from the CDU) was elected to the post of vice-chairman of the CDU faction in the Hesse Parliament.
In 1998 Koch was elected as the leader of the Christian Democratic Union of Hesse (Landesvorsitzender der CDU in Hessen).
www.axisglobe.com /article.asp?article=453   (1140 words)

  
 Leading Conservative Under Fire for Jewish Comparison | Current Affairs | Deutsche Welle | 13.12.2002
Koch's remarks caused such a tumult that the session of parliament in Wiesbaden was suspended.
Koch has been criticized virulently by opposing political leaders, trade union heads and Jewish community representatives since, while little support has come from within his own party.
Roland Koch is only the most recent German politician to put his foot in his mouth by with remarks harking back to Germany's ignoble past.
www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,713496,00.html   (473 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | Schröder's new rival attacked for 'slur on Jews'
Roland Koch, who sports a duelling scar on his right cheek, is a fervent opponent of immigration and was recently accused of "unbearably insulting" victims of the Holocaust by the head of Germany's Jewish community.
Mr Koch's success will not only inflict further damage on Gerhard Schröder's unpopular government but will also elevate him into the front rank of those bidding to be Germany's conservative candidate for chancellor in the 2006 general election.
Mr Koch may appear passive - his broad, fleshy face has been likened to that of a "clown without make-up"; his hobbies are cooking and eating at McDonald's - yet he displays considerable energy.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/02/02/wschr02.xml   (824 words)

  
 InternationalReports.net : Germany/Hesse 2003
Roland Koch won an historic reelection as prime minister, or governor, of the state of Hesse last February, becoming the first Christian Democrat to win reelection in the postwar period and the first to get an absolute majority for his party in the state.
Koch, a lawyer who lives in a Frankfurt suburb, is no newcomer to politics – his father was also a lawyer and full-time politician.
As state prime minister, Koch is a member of the upper house of parliament in Germany, and so has a role in national legislation as well.
www.internationalreports.net /europe/germany/hesse/2003/hesseleader.html   (2339 words)

  
 CNN.com - German CDU hit by new funding allegations - September 3, 2000
Media reports over the weekend said Roland Koch, the CDU premier of the large central state of Hesse, benefited from large corporate donations that were channelled through a local think tank during the late 1990s to avoid being declared.
Koch, 41, was seen as a future contender for the post of chancellor until it emerged that some of the worst transgressions in last year's funding scandal happened in Hesse.
Koch said he was not implicated and has been backed by his junior coalition partners in the state, the liberal Free Democrats.
edition.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/09/03/germany.cdu.reut   (458 words)

  
 Persian League
Roland Koch told in Qom that; "I was hoping Mr.
Koch added that all of his starting players in the game were from the team's main squat and only Momenzadeh was benched to be rested.
At the end, Koch said that in Germany few weeks before the beginning of the season the referees are sent to the clubs to judge practice games and teach the rules of the game which eventually creates healthy relationships between the referees and the players.
www.persianleague.com /news/Morenews.cfm?News=988   (210 words)

  
 Roland Koch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Roland Koch (born March 24 1958 in Frankfurt am Main[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject]) is a German[For more, click on this link] politician.
Koch is a rhetorically gifted politician, EHandler: no quick summary.
Koch was able to win the election and displace the incumbent, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/R/Ro/Roland_Koch.htm   (977 words)

  
 Reengineered Statements Help Sell Multiple Accounts
Koch notes that the bank has 139 different kinds of documents that are sent to customers.
Koch views the cost of the document reengineering project in terms of its overall effect on the bank.
When Roland Koch joined Provident Bank 10 years ago, the bank was searching for more effective ways to sell its services and meet increasing competition from such institutions as mutual fund companies and brokerage houses.
www.infotivity.com /reengin.htm   (1217 words)

  
 JS Online: German official turns to W-2
Roland Koch, premier of Germany's Hesse state, is sending his social minister to Wisconsin for a weeklong visit that started Friday.
Since Koch, of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, came up with the plan, opposition politicians, such as Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, and welfare experts have accused him of political grandstanding and said that the reforms he called for are already in place.
Koch has already said he wants to change the Byzantine bureaucracy in place and replace it with what he said is better one-on-one counseling, as in the W-2 program.
www.jsonline.com /news/state/aug01/welfare26082501.asp   (962 words)

  
 InternationalReports.net : Germany/Hesse 2003
So there was an undercurrent of tension despite the festive nature of the occasion, and a considerable anticipation when Roland Koch, prime minister for the state of Hesse, came to the podium.
Hesse is taking the economic crisis in stride, however, and once again parlaying its location at the crossroads of Europe to main its standing as one of the most prosperous regions on the continent.
The Koch government is shepherding through an expansion of the Frankfurt airport, working to coopt citizen support for the project and to avoid the strident opposition and violent demonstrations that marked the expansion in the 1980s.
www.internationalreports.net /europe/germany/hesse/2003/hessefaces.html   (1169 words)

  
 Election results in Hesse: Right wing in German CDU senses new opportunities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the first communal elections to be held in the German state of Hesse since the eruption of a finance scandal inside the CDU (Christian Democratic Union), the Christian Democrats, led by Minister President Roland Koch, increased their vote considerably.
Although Koch had clearly violated German laws governing the activity of political parties, and had lied to parliament, he refused to resign.
Koch feels a wind of change behind him and his arrogance will continue to grow in the next period.
www.wsws.org /articles/2001/mar2001/hess-m23.shtml   (1442 words)

  
 de.indymedia.org | Growing education and welfare protests (eng)
Weeks ago students had already blocked Hesse premier Roland Koch in Frankfurt and let air out of the tires of his official car.
Roland Koch, for example, rejects the actions of the students as “unacceptable” and demands a return to peace — although not a single stone has been thrown.
the cops were taken by suprise- koch had to be evacuated in a police van with his jacket over the head.
de.indymedia.org /2003/12/68773.shtml   (653 words)

  
 German Party To Kick Out MP After Jewish Remark
Roland Koch, the governor of Hesse, said that he would propose the expulsion of Martin Hohmann from the party.
Mr Koch added that the party chairwoman, Angela Merkel, had decided to try to expel Mr Hohmann from the party's group in the federal parliament.
The announcement by Mr Koch appeared to signal a reversal by the Christian Democrats, who even yesterday morning had said that they would not move against Mr Hohmann and defended his right to speak out.
www.rense.com /general44/after.htm   (229 words)

  
 Iran Daily - International Economy - 10/26/05
Hesse state Prime Minister Roland Koch of the conservative CDU party is surrounded by the media following the second round of coalition talks with the Social Democrats at his party headquarters in Berlin on Monday.
Koch said in an interview with the weekly Die Welt to appear Tuesday that outgoing Finance Minister Hans Eichel was estimating structural deficits of 64 billion euros in 2006, including holes in the federal, state and social security budgets.
Koch and finance minister-designate Peer Steinbrueck are in charge of the working group dealing with finances.
www.iran-daily.com /1384/2410/html/ieconomy.htm   (2309 words)

  
 Aspen Institute Berlin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Minister President Koch shortly addressed the position of the current German government toward an American-led war in Iraq, but focused more on the medium- to long-term goals of German foreign policy.
Koch emphasized Europe’s cohesiveness by underlining its roots in the Christian Enlightenment, a distinctive cultural heritage not shared by many neighboring regions, nor by a number of countries petitioning to become part of the EU.
Afterwards, Koch was questioned by experts in the audience regarding his possible implication that Turkey should not belong in the European Union.
www.aspenberlin.org /report_detail.php?iEventId=61   (196 words)

  
 Tibetan Bulletin - Online: Volume 7, Issue 2, March-April, 2003
Roland Koch, the state's Minister-President, received His Holiness the Dalai Lama with honour.
Koch and for their interest and support for the Tibetan issue.
Roland Koch, some experts and intellectuals on the future status of Tibet and the recent developments in relations between Beijing and Dharamsala.
www.tibet.net /tibbul/2003/0303/special2.html   (1623 words)

  
 Light Reading - Nortel - Nortel to Grab Koch? - Telecom News Analysis
File this one under rumors we can't confirm -- or resist passing along: Roland Koch, former president of the Information and Communication Networks (ICN) group at Siemens AG (NYSE: SI - message board; Frankfurt: SIE), could be the next CEO of Nortel Networks Corp. (NYSE/Toronto: NT - message board).
Koch, a 28-year veteran of Siemens, left his post as ICN president officially on Wednesday, "by mutual agreement to pursue new personal interests," after ICN was targeted as key to Siemens' poor quarterly financials (see Siemens Announces 'Mixed' Results).
Koch, 55, is a veteran of the public carrier marketplace.
www.lightreading.com /document.asp?doc_id=7073   (721 words)

  
 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Roland Koch
According to Roland Koch, member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and President of the Information and Communication Networks Group, Unisphere Solutions is a strategic center of competence for Siemens' activities in IP and data networking.
The Board of Directors of Unisphere Solutions will include Martin Clague as President and CEO; Roland Koch as Chairman; Anthony Maher; Fred Fromm, President and CEO of IC Networks, Inc.; Dieter Diehn, CFO of IC Networks, Inc.; and Thomas Rambold, head of the Information and Broadband Products Division of Siemens Information and Communication Networks Group.
Roland Koch, president of Siemens' Information and Network Communications group, said, With our focus on broadband access solutions, we can now offer our customers comprehensive end-to-end solutions...enabling us to become one of the top three global suppliers of broadband within the next three years..
www.zoominfo.com /Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=10430978   (598 words)

  
 Roland Berger Strategy Consultants organizes symposium on the future of Hesse and Frankfurt as a business location | ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants organizes symposium on the future of Hesse and Frankfurt as a business location
By the end of the year, the office is set to expand to some 80 employees.
Financial services and transportation are the focus of Roland Berger's consulting activities in the city.
www.rolandberger.com /press/en/html/releases/515-press_archive2005_sc_content/pr81.html   (258 words)

  
 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
German commentators noted that yesterday President George W. Bush found time for a 15-minute meeting with Roland Koch, the premier of the state of Hesse.
Koch is a member of the opposition Christian Democratic Union and strongly supported the U.S. over Iraq.
The media contrasted Bush's willingness to meet Koch with the administration's attitude towards a meeting with Schroeder.
www.rferl.org /features/2003/05/16052003163032.asp   (696 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: roland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Roland Products on Sale at Sam Ash Over 80 Years of Low Prices.
Emmerich, Wimer team Film News: Duo aim for new prod’n company — Roland Emmerich and his CAA agent, Michael Wimer, are in advanced negotiations to set...
Roland Digital Cutters Roland digital cutters can cut vinyls, takle twill and pre-printed transfers.
www.technorati.com /tag/roland   (461 words)

  
 Roland Koch and Ulrich Schumacher Appointed to Siemens Managing Board
Koch has served as President of the Public Communication Networks Group since October 1997, and Schumacher has been President of the Semiconductors Group since October 1996.
Koch studied electrical engineering in Munich and has been employed at Siemens since 1972.
Later, Koch was responsible for sales support and marketing at Siemens Communications Systems Inc. in Boca Raton, Florida from 1984 to 1989.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-12-97/377730&EDATE=   (392 words)

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