Müller, Werner, 1946 June 1-2019

LC control no.	n 78026754
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Müller, Werner, 1946 June 1-2019 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Müller, W. W. (Wilhelm Werner), 1946 June 1-2019 Müller, Wilhelm (Wilhelm Werner), 1946 June 1-2019 Müller, Wilhelm W. (Wilhelm Werner), 1946 June 1-2019 Müller, Wilhelm Werner, 1946 June 1-2019
Associated country	Germany
Birth date	1946-06-01
Death date	2019-07-15
Place of birth	Essen (Germany)
Field of activity	Germany--Politics and government Business Energy policy Economic policy Philosophy Linguistics Real property
Affiliation	Evonik Industries AG RAG Aktiengesellschaft VEBA (Firm) Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk Aktiengesellschaft Deutsche Bahn
Profession or occupation	Politicians Businessmen Executives
Special note	Not same as Müller, Werner, Dr. phil.
Found in	His Entkopplung, 1978: t.p. (Werner Müller) p. 1 (b. 1946; since 1973 with RWE [Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk]) GFR 78-A (Werner Müller) Wer ist wer? 2003/04 (Müller, Werner; Dr., b. 1 June 1946 in Essen; Promotion 1978 in linguistics, Bremen; Bundesminister f. Wirtschaft u. Technologie, 1998-2002; pres. of Gesamtverb. d. dt. Steinkohlenbergbaus since 2003) Wikipedia, viewed Jan. 30, 2024: Werner Müller (politician) (Wilhelm Werner Müller (1 June 1946 - 15 July 2019) was a German businessman and politician. He served as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 1998 to 2002. He then became CEO of RAG AG from 2003, of which Evonik was derived in 2007. His management of a reduction in Germany's dependence on coal in a socially responsible way won him the Manager of the Year award in Germany in 2008. He was chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bahn. Born in Essen, Müller attended the Windthorst-Gymnasium [de] in Meppen, completing his Abitur in 1965. He studied in Mannheim, both national economy and piano at the Musikhochschule Mannheim. He later studied philosophy and linguistics in Duisburg and Bremen. Müller worked from 1973 for RWE. In 1979, he moved to VEBA, which became part of E.ON in 2002. As a politician, Müller, who belonged to no party, served as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 1998 to 2002, when Gerhard Schröder (SPD) was Chancellor. After the 1998 German federal election, Schröder made him minister, after the designated candidate, Jost Stollmann had turned down the position because the responsibilities of the ministry were being reduced. When Oskar Lafontaine resigned in 1999, Müller was also temporarily appointed as the Minister of Finance. Müller worked towards a first nuclear power phase-out (Ausstieg aus der Atomenergie) in Germany, in negotiations with the industries. Müller was CEO of the RAG AG, the former Ruhrkohle AG, from 2003. In 2007, the company became Evonik, now with a focus on chemistry, energy and real estate. As CEO of the RAG-Stiftung [de], he organised a reduction of the environmental damage mining had caused. For these activities, Manager Magazin selected him as Manager of the Year (Germany) [de] in Germany in 2008. That year, he moved from CEO of Evonik to chairman of its supervisory board. Müller held the same position for Deutsche Bahn from 2005 to 2010. He resigned from all offices in May 2018, due to his cancer illness. He died in Essen on 15 July 2019.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_M%C3%BCller_(politician)>
Associated language	eng