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Dr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling ( November 19 , 1930 , Innsbruck , Austria ), is a German politician. He currently serves as High Representative For Bosnia And Herzegovina . CAREER BEFORE POLITICS In 1950 Schwarz got his Abitur at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Gymnasium in Berlin . He continued to study History and East Asia n Languages and Culture at the Ludwig Maxilian University in Munich . In 1956 he was granted a Ph.D. for his thesis on Chinese History, "Der Friede von Shan-Yüan 1005 n. Chr. und seine Auswirkungen auf die Beziehungen zwischen dem Chinesischen Reich und dem Liao-Reich der Kitan" (The Peace of Shan Yuan 1005 AD, and its Effects on the Relations between the Chinese Empire and the Liao-Empire of Kitan). In 1957 he became manager of the battery factory Sonneshein in Budingen in Hessen , which he remained until 1982. During this period he began to form an interest in regional politics, joining the he became a member of the Television Council of the ZDF , which he left in 1982. Between 1975 and 1983 he was chairman of the coordination council for Media Politics of the CDU/ CSU . POLITICAL CAREER In 1976 Schwarz was elected into the Bundestag . He remained a member of the Bundestag until 2002. As such he served vice-chairman of the Small Business Union of the CDU/CSU between 1977 and 1997. In 1979 he became president of the executive buro of the European Small Business Union, which he left in 1982. Between 1981 and 1982 he was chairperson of the Research Committee on New Information and Communication Technology of the Bundestag In 1982 he was appointed Federal Minister For Post And Communication , in the First Cabinet Kohl . Although he retained his post for the next three cabinets Kohl, Schwarz was never part of Kohl's inner circle and is often regarded as an unremarkable minister. Under his ministry cable television was introduced in Germany and commercial television was allowed to broadcast. In 1992 Schwarz resigned his post in anger at Germany's inaction over atrocities in the then Yugoslavia — rebuffing Chancellor Kohl's protestations that Germany's post-war constitution barred it from stepping in. He told the chancellor he was "ashamed" to belong to such a government, saying he had entered politics in the first place to ensure that atrocities like those perpetrated by the Nazis "never happen again." His "most notable act in office was leaving it", the Munich daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung later reported. As Yugoslavia lurched into chaos, Schwarz rolled up his sleeves and began to try to mediate between the factions — a role later formalised in the Washington Agreement of 1994 , and which he held until 2004 . During and after the war, Schwarz travelled tirelessly around the country, trying to resolve disputes and later overseeing the return of some of the 2.2 million refugees — half the population — created by the conflict. He combined this with the position of CEO of his own corporation, the Dr. Schwarz-Schilling and Partner GmbH. In 1995 he became chairperson of the sub-committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. In 1998 the sub-committee became a full committee and Schwarz became its vice-chairperson, serving until 2002. INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL CAREER On December 14 2005 , he was confirmed to replace Lord Ashdown Of Norton-sub-Hamdon both as the High Representative — a post created by the 1995 Dayton Agreement — and as the EU 's special representative in Bosnia . On January 31 , 2006 he was appointed as such. Schwarz was nominated by the Bosnian and Serbian presidents. He has cast his role as that of "advisor" to the country — in contrast to his predecessor Ashdown, who attracted criticism particularly from Bosnian Serbs for relying too heavily on his powers to force through legislation and sack elected officials. But commentators caution that Schwarz may find it difficult to use persuasion alone to complete Bosnia-Hercegovina 's transition from wartime anarchy to stable EU member. TRIVIA
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