Walter Kolbow
Elementary school, Röntgengymnasium Würzburg, 1964 Abitur. 1964 Military service in the Air Force from 1964 to 1966, Captain (ret.). Subsequently studied law at the University of Würzburg and at the Speyer University of Administrative Sciences, passing the first state law examination in 1970 and the second in 1974.
From 1975, member of the Frankfurt am Main municipal council, personal assistant to the city treasurer until 1978. From November 1978 to December 1980, research assignment for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, during which time he was on leave from the city of Frankfurt am Main.
Member of the ÖTV, the Arbeiterwohlfahrt, the Naturfreunde, the Alpenverein and the Europa-Union.
Joined the SPD in 1967, Chairman of the Lower Franconia District. City councilor in Ochsenfurt from 1972 to 1976, city councilor in Würzburg from 1978 to 1981.
Member of the Bundestag since 1980; member of the executive committee of the SPD parliamentary group, defense policy spokesman. In 1992, member of the German delegation to the North Atlantic Assembly and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly; October 1998 to November 2005, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense, since November 2005, Deputy Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group.
From 1975, member of the Frankfurt am Main municipal council, personal assistant to the city treasurer until 1978. From November 1978 to December 1980, research assignment for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, during which time he was on leave from the city of Frankfurt am Main.
Member of the ÖTV, the Arbeiterwohlfahrt, the Naturfreunde, the Alpenverein and the Europa-Union.
Joined the SPD in 1967, Chairman of the Lower Franconia District. City councilor in Ochsenfurt from 1972 to 1976, city councilor in Würzburg from 1978 to 1981.
Member of the Bundestag since 1980; member of the executive committee of the SPD parliamentary group, defense policy spokesman. In 1992, member of the German delegation to the North Atlantic Assembly and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly; October 1998 to November 2005, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense, since November 2005, Deputy Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group.