Jörg Kukies – hands-on, ambitious and called for higher things

Jörg Kukies

The previous Secretary of State at the Treasury Department previously worked for Goldman Sachs.

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Berlin, Frankfurt The early 1990s were politically hot years at the University of Mainz. And Jörg Kukies was right in the middle of it as a Juso member. His party friend Michael Ebeling recalls: “The Jusos were split into the Stamokaps, to which I belonged, and the reform socialists. You can guess where Jörg was three times, ”says today’s Mayor of Mainz with a laugh.

Stamokap (state monopoly capitalism) was a favorite term of orthodox Marxists – not for Kukies. Other connected: “We campaigned with commitment, were city council candidates. Of course, as Jusos in a hopeless place, ”says Ebeling. The bus went to Bonn for the anti-apartheid demonstration, to Warsaw for a student exchange. “Jörg has always been disciplined. Which doesn’t mean that he didn’t partake in the party. But when the rest of the delegation slept in the morning, he was already jogging in Warsaw. “

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