Karl-Heinz Paqué
Short vita
Karl-Heinz Paqué studied economics in Saarbrücken and Kiel, Germany, and at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. After a research stay at the Center for Study of Public Choice, Blacksburg (Virginia), he earned his doctorate in Kiel and worked for several years at the university there, most recently as scientific director and professor at the Institute for World Economics. After his habilitation, he took over the chair of economics, especially international economics, at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg in 1996, a position he still holds today. From 2002 to 2008, he was a member of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament for the FDP, from 2002 to 2006 as the state's finance minister, then as FDP parliamentary group chairman. He returned to the university in 2008 and was dean of the Faculty of Economics until March 2018. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Miskolc in Hungary in 2012. From May 20th , 2017, to November 2018, Professor Paqué served as vice president of Liberal International. He has served as Vice President since November 23, 2018.
Professor Paqué has been Vice Chairman of the Board of the Friedrich- Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit since 2014. In March 2018, he was elected Chairman of the Board of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, effective September 26, 2018.
Contributions
-
The Janus face of Javier Milei
Javier Milei has stabilized Argentina's domestic politics, but the country remains isolated in terms of foreign trade. His liberal market agenda is reaching its limits - does he dare to take the decisive step towards opening up?
-
Wolfgang Gerhardt: A Great Liberal
Our friend Wolfgang Gerhardt has passed away. He made groundbreaking contributions to the leadership of the FDP and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. We will miss him.
-
A perfectly normal process
The accusation that Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner intends to cut aid to Ukraine is completely unfounded. A misleading headline led to unnecessary outrage, but the facts show that this is a routine adjustment in the budget draft, not a political shift. Support for Ukraine remains assured—it's simply a matter of responsible fiscal policy, according to Karl-Heinz Paqué, Chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.
-
Maduro, Step Aside for Democracy in Venezuela
Despite authoritarian pressure, the Venezuelan people voted overwhelmingly for Edmundo González Urrutia and against the dictator Nicolás Maduro. Yet, Maduro refuses to acknowledge his defeat. Liberal opposition leader María Corina Machado has called for global protests. In Berlin, Karl-Heinz Paqué, Chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, and Deputy President of the Liberal International, urged the international community in a speech to increase pressure on the authoritarian regime to enable a peaceful transition to democracy.
