Education and Early Political Career
Bodo Hombach was born in Mülheim on the Ruhr, North Rhine Westphalia. After training to become a telecommunications craftsman (apprenticeship from 1967 to 1970 with the Telephone Exchange in Duisburg), Bodo Hombach studied Social Work at the Düsseldorf Polytechnic from 1973 to 1978. He worked as State Secretary of the Trade Union for Education and Science before he became a Member of the North Rhine Westphalian State Parliament for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1990 to 1998. He was its State Party Chairman from 1979 to 1991 and Economic Spokesman of the SPD State Parliamentary Group and Chairman of the Enquiry Board from 1990 to 1998.
Apart from his political activity, Hombach was Managing Director of the private limited companies, Preussag Handel GmbH (Salzgitter) and Preussag (Salzgitter) International GmbH in Düsseldorf from 1991 to 1998.
In 1998, he joined Clement's Cabinet as State Minister for Economy and SME, Technology and Transport in North Rhine Westphalia.
Hombach co-ordinated several election campaigns of the North Rhine Westphalian Social Democratic Party and the Federal Social Democratic Party. He was regarded as a brilliant election campaign strategist and creator of the slogan 'We in North Rhine Westphalia'. Nelson Mandela chose him to be his personal adviser for his first election campaign.
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