Wolfgang Bötsch

Wolfgang Boetsch ( born September 8, 1938 in Bad Kreuznach ) is a German politician ( CSU). He was from 1993 to 1997 last Federal Minister for Post and Telecommunications.

Life and career

After graduation in 1958 Bötsch made ​​initially from his military service in the Air Force. In 1959 he graduated from then studied law and political science at the Julius- Maximilians- University of Würzburg and at the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer, which he finished with the first and second state examination. In 1970 his doctorate in law. utr. with the work of the various ways to eliminate splinter parties in the free part of Germany. From 1968 to 1974 he worked as Stadtrechtsrat in Kitzingen. From 1974 he was Senior Government with the Government of Lower Franconia.

To his political activity more features were added in the economy.

Wolfgang Boetsch is a member of the supervisory boards of BI -LOG AG, a public company for logistics solutions, Bamberg, and the Com Con & AG, Grünwald (Chairman). He is also a consultant for the EUTOP, Society for European marketing, consulting and management training mbH, Munich, InfraTec Consult GmbH Eisingen, the MS Management Service AG St. Gallen ( Switzerland ) and the SEA Societät for Corporate Planning GmbH Frankfurt am Main active.

From 1998 Bötsch worked as a consultant of Gemini Consulting. In 2000 he joined as a specialist in State and telecommunications law in the firm Gassner Stockmann and colleagues ( GSK) a. In addition Bötsch was advisor to the media entrepreneur Leo Kirch. Bötsch received for his consulting activities 300,000 DM per year.

Wolfgang Boetsch is married and has two children, including the Würzburg city councilor Dr. Christine Bötsch (CSU ).

Party

Since 1960 he is a member of the CSU. Here he became involved first with the RCDS and the Youth Union. From 1973 to 1991 he was chairman of the CSU district association Würzburg City.

Member of Parliament

From 1972 to 1976 he was a member of the city council of Würzburg. From 1974 to 1976, he was then a member of the Bavarian Parliament.

From 1976 to 2005 he was a member of the German Bundestag. Here he was from 1982 to 1989 Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group. From April 1989 to January 1993 he was chairman of the CSU party and First Deputy Chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group. From October 1998 to October 2002, he was finally legal adviser to the CDU / CSU parliamentary group.

Wolfgang Boetsch is always drawn as a directly elected representative of the constituency of Würzburg in the Bundestag.

Public offices

On 21 January 1993 he was appointed as Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications, led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl Federal Government. During his tenure, the preparation of the privatization of the German Federal Post Office, which led to the dissolution of the Ministry of Post 31 December 1997 fell. Bötsch thus retired from the federal government. From 1 January 1998, then, the remaining tasks of the Post Ministry of Federal Ministry of Finance, taken over by the Federal Ministry of Economics as well as the newly established regulatory authority.