Gerhard Stahl
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Gerhard Stahl is an EU Official, currently serving as Secretary-General of the Committee of the regions of the European union.
He was educated in his home city and went on to graduate in economics at the Technical University in Berlin, where he had his first professional post as an assistant to the chair of public finance. He then spent three years working as an economist at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Bonn.
He also worked in the European Parliament and on the regional level in Schleswig-Holstein at the Ministry for Economics, Transport and Research and later on as Director-General for European and International Affairs at the Ministry for European and Federal Affairs. In this role, he specialised in EU policy preparation for the Bundesrat, the German legislative second chamber, and inter-regional cooperation projects.
From 1995-1999, Mr Stahl was a Member of the Cabinet of European Commissioner for Regional Policy Dr Monika Wulf-Mathies.
From 1999-2002, he was Deputy Head of Cabinet for Pedro Solbes, the European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs.
In September 2002, Mr Stahl was appointed Director for Consultative Work at the Committee of the Regions; he has been Secretary-General of the CoR since 1 April 2004, currently in the course of his second 5-year term of office (2009–2014).
Mr Stahl is a Member of the Advisory Committee (Kuratorium) of the IFO-Research Institute in Munich
and of the International Institute of Public Finance e. V.. He is the Chair of the Common Advisory Board of projects DORIS-NET and GRAAL. He is also author of several publications on economic, regional and European policy issues.
He is married and has two children.
He was educated in his home city and went on to graduate in economics at the Technical University in Berlin, where he had his first professional post as an assistant to the chair of public finance. He then spent three years working as an economist at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Bonn.
He also worked in the European Parliament and on the regional level in Schleswig-Holstein at the Ministry for Economics, Transport and Research and later on as Director-General for European and International Affairs at the Ministry for European and Federal Affairs. In this role, he specialised in EU policy preparation for the Bundesrat, the German legislative second chamber, and inter-regional cooperation projects.
From 1995-1999, Mr Stahl was a Member of the Cabinet of European Commissioner for Regional Policy Dr Monika Wulf-Mathies.
From 1999-2002, he was Deputy Head of Cabinet for Pedro Solbes, the European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs.
In September 2002, Mr Stahl was appointed Director for Consultative Work at the Committee of the Regions; he has been Secretary-General of the CoR since 1 April 2004, currently in the course of his second 5-year term of office (2009–2014).
Mr Stahl is a Member of the Advisory Committee (Kuratorium) of the IFO-Research Institute in Munich
Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
The Ifo Institute for Economic Research is a Munich-based research institution. Ifo is an acronym from Information and Forschung . As one of Germany's largest economic think-tanks, it analyses economic policy and is widely known for its monthly Ifo Business Climate Index for Germany...
and of the International Institute of Public Finance e. V.. He is the Chair of the Common Advisory Board of projects DORIS-NET and GRAAL. He is also author of several publications on economic, regional and European policy issues.
He is married and has two children.