Peter Hartz, was the human resources executive at the German public company Volkswagen AG (VW). Twenty percent of Volkswagen's shares are owned by the state of Lower Saxony. Hartz gained notoriety as adviser to German chancellor and former head of the state of Lower Saxony Gerhard Schröder, for whom Hartz developed the so called "Hartz-reforms" of the German labour market and job agencies. Wikipedia
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