Hans-Joachim Veen

Who is Hans-Joachim Veen?

Hans-Joachim Veen is a German political scientist who since 1994 works as honorary professor at the University of Trier, Germany.

Before his studies, he served as a soldier with Reconnaissance Battalion 3 at Lüneburg for two years. He is bearing the rank of a full colonel and served as commander of Tank Battalion 524 in Lingen. His last reserve training he served as chief of staff German armed forces command USA and Canada in Reston/Virginia.

He then studied political science, public law and history at the University of Hamburg and the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg.

In 1975/1976 he worked as scientific assistant at the chair of Wilhelm Hennis at the University of Freiburg and received his Ph.D. in 1976.

From 1983 to 1999 he worked as Director of research at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and earned himself a reputation in the fields of research on elections and political parties and scientific political consulting. Since 2000 he has been head of the project "Democracy and political party development in eastern Europe" within the foundation.