Reinhard Höppner

Reinhard Hoeppner (born 2 December 1948 in Haldensleben ) is a German mathematician, politician ( SPD) and author. From 1994 to 2002 he was Minister President of Saxony -Anhalt.

• 3.1 Church in the GDR
• 3.2 German Protestant Church
• 3.3 More

Life and career

As the youngest of three children of a Protestant pastor, Reinhard Hoeppner grew up in Magdeburgerforth and Prösen. He participated as students participate in the International Mathematical Olympiads 1966 and 1967, where he received a silver or gold medal. After graduation in 1967 at the EOS Elsterwerda he studied mathematics at the Technical University of Dresden and graduated in 1971 with a degree in mathematics. In 1976 he received his doctorate externally at the same university with a thesis on " Focus statements for advanced Submarkoffsche operators" Dr. rer. nat. Access to a scientific career was denied him because of his activities in the Protestant Student Community Dresden.

From 1971 to 1989, Hoeppner lecturer and Head of Department of Mathematics Literature in the Akademie-Verlag, Berlin. From 1990 to 2006 he served as a politician in various offices since 1980 and volunteer in leading positions in the field of the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony active ( President of the Synod from 1980 to 1994 ). Since 2006 he has devoted himself mainly to his volunteer work and his journalistic activities.

Reinhard Hoeppner is married to Renate Hoeppner, the Protestant pastor in the Cross community in Magdeburg. The couple lives in Magdeburg and has three grown children.

Political career

In December 1989, Hoeppner joined the newly formed SDP of the GDR and was with the unification of East and West German Social Democrat member of the SPD. Hoeppner was four times the top candidate of his party in Saxony -Anhalt and eight years - 1994 to 2002 - Minister President of Saxony -Anhalt. From 1990 to 2002 he was a member of the party executive of the SPD. He is also a member of the Board of the Forum East Germany the Social Democrats.

People's Chamber 1990

In March 1990, Hoeppner was a member of the first freely elected People's Chamber of the GDR. Contrary to an informal agreement between the coalition parties Hoeppner was not elected President of the People's Chamber, but vice-president. In this role, he led the particularly difficult sessions, with him zugutekam his parliamentary experience as President of the Synod. Among other things, Hoeppner led the dramatic special session of the People's Chamber, 22-23. August 1990 on the accession of the GDR to the Federal Republic was adopted on 3 October 1990. By the end of the GDR Hoeppner was also deputy head of state.

State of Saxony- Anhalt

Since the first federal election in 1990 until the election of 2006 Hoppner was a member of the Landtag of Saxony- Anhalt. In the first term, he was leader of the SPD parliamentary party and opposition leaders.

Magdeburg model

At the regional elections of 1994 Hoppner was a candidate for the second time after 1990 as the leading candidate of the SPD. In these elections, the SPD was able to achieve significant gains and reached 34.0% of the second votes only 0.4 percentage points less than the CDU. Since the FDP was eliminated with 3.6 % ( -9.9 percentage points ) from the parliament, it was for the previous Prime Minister Christoph Bergner (CDU ) is no longer working majority. Instead, it came to coalition negotiations between the SPD and the Greens on the formation of a minority government that were successfully completed within a few days. On July 21, 1994 Reinhard Hoeppner was elected in the third ballot for prime minister. This known as Magdeburg Model Model of a minority government at the state level nationwide was controversial because it was dependent on toleration of the PDS.

At the regional elections of 1998, the SPD was able to expand their share of the vote ( 35.9 % ), while the CDU suffered significant losses (22 %). The Greens have also suffered losses and missed voting the way into the parliament. This was a continuation of toleration model is not feasible in the existing constellation. After coalition talks between the SPD and CDU had failed, the toleration continued under a one-party government with the SPD Reinhard Hoeppner as Prime Minister.

At the regular election of 2002, the SPD lost almost 16 percentage points, while the CDU won almost as much. Hoeppner subsequently went back from his offices. He stood up to the 2006 elections member of the state and has been dedicated mainly his journalistic and ecclesiastical duties.

Cabinets

• Cabinet Hoeppner I ( 1994-1998 )
• Cabinet Hoeppner II (1998 to 2002)

Volunteering

Church in the GDR

Hoeppner was from 1972 to 1994 a member of the church board of the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony and 1980-1994 President of the Synod of the Church Province of Saxony. During the 1980s, he was instrumental in the design of the conciliar process and represented the Church of the East and on the Ecumenical Assembly in Basel in 1989, which he also prepared.

German Protestant Church

Since 1994, Hoeppner is a member of the board of the German Protestant Church Congress and was from 2001 to 2007 member of the board of the Bureau. Hoeppner was president of the 31st German Protestant Church Congress in Cologne in 2007.

More

To Höppner a variety of other activities his employees heard of the Advisory Board to promote, support and supervision of the project " Bible in just language ." He is a board member of the Evangelical Academy in Saxony- Anhalt, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics Association ( WCGE ), vice chairman of Martin Niemoller Foundation and since 2003 Chairman of the " Foundation Adam von Trott, Imshausen eV ", the bearer of a meeting place for dialogue and reflection in the former estate of the resistance fighter Adam von Trott in Bebra - Imshausen.

Since 1995, Hoeppner Member of the Marion Dönhoff and Richard von Weizsäcker initiated "New Mittwochsgesellschaft ".

Awards

In recognition of his achievements in the teaching of science, politics, culture and religion, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Paderborn in 2009. Hoeppner was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

Writings

• Sailing against the wind. Texts and speeches and an interview with Günter Gaus. Radius -Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-87173-081-5.
• Future there is only together. A solidarity contribution to German unity. Karl Blessing Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-89667-145-6.
• Eight years uncomfortable. Interior views of the Magdeburg model. Means German publisher, Hall 2003, ISBN 3-89812-175-5.
• Hiking over the water. Encounters between the Bible and politics. Radius -Verlag, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-87173-257-5.
• Stay where God has placed us. Eyewitness report on the Church in the GDR. Edited by Reinhard Hoeppner, Protestant publishing house, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-374-02207-3.
• Work from, everything from? Policy at the end of the working society. Anderbeck -Verlag, Anderbeck 2005, ISBN 3-937751-27-0.
• Tried it Yet! 3% be enough to change society. Gütersloher publishing house, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-06515-1.
• Wonder you have to try. The path to German unity. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-351-02680-6.
• The SPD and the Left. Insights from East and West. with Egon Bahr. Forward Publishing, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86602-043-6.