Holger Börner

Holger Börner ( born February 7, 1931 in Kassel, † August 2, 2006 ) was a German politician ( SPD). He was from 1967 to 1972 Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport ( from 1969 to the Federal Minister for Transport and for the postal and telecommunications) and 1976-1987 Minister of the State of Hesse.

Life and career

After attending the elementary and middle school Börner learned after the Second World War, the occupation of concrete skilled worker. Actually, he wanted to be a journalist, but opted for a job where he could earn money faster. He was involved early on in the union and was recently Chairman of the Works of Kassel construction company, for which he also worked as an assistant foreman.

Börner was married since 1950 and had three children. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge transmitted light to peace in Kassel.

Party

Boerner joined the SPD in 1948, in 1950 was a board member of the SPD Kassel and was its deputy county chairman since 1956. From 1962 to 1963 he served as national chairman of the Young Socialists, after he had previously been 1948-1956 Kassel district chairman of the hawks. From 1972 to 1976 he was below the national chairman Willy Brandt federal secretary of the SPD and 1977-1987 state chairman of the SPD in Hesse. He previously headed an 1971 to 1974 and from 1975 to 1978 as chairman of the SPD district Hessen- Nord. The Federal Bureau of SPD was Börner in 1972-1988.

From December 1987 until his election as Honorary Chairman in January 2003 Börner was chairman of the SPD - affiliated Friedrich Ebert Foundation. From 1995 he was a board member of the Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation.

Member of Parliament

From 1956 to 1972 Börner was a member of the Kassel city council and led there from 1960 to 1969, the SPD group.

Börner was elected in the general election in 1957 as the youngest member at that time, with 26 years in the German Bundestag. Here he was in 1965 until 21 June 1967 ( as at that time the youngest chairman of the committee ) and 1972-1976 Chairman of the Transport Committee. He was a member of the Bundestag until 1976. Holger Börner is always drawn as a directly elected representative of the constituency of Kassel in the German Bundestag.

Public offices

On April 12, 1967, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Federal Minister for Transport, run by Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger Cabinet of the grand coalition. This office he retained even in the ab 1969 by Willy Brandt led federal government. On February 4, 1972, he resigned from this position to become national director of the SPD.

In October 1976, he was elected by an SPD - FDP coalition, succeeding Albert Osswald to the Prime Minister of Hesse, after he had to resign as a result of the Helaba scandal. The state election in September 1982 was marked by the federal policy. After breaking the social-liberal coalition up posters Börner SPD " betrayal in Bonn " and the FDP failed at the five-percent hurdle. With the emergence of the Greens there was in the Hessian Parliament no longer working majority ( the so-called " Hessian conditions ". Börner stood up to early elections in September 1983 a caretaker government before the country.

Holger Börner distanced himself in the election campaign over much of the countryside. "Photos with me and the Greens at the negotiating table will not even be seen as an assembly ," he said. He was wet razor and had every morning in the mirror. Significantly closed Börner cooperation with the Greens: "The Greens stand for me beyond any calculation. I exclude not only a coalition, but any cooperation with them. "After the election, he backed away from his statements and in June 1984 was again tolerated by the Green Party, was elected Prime Minister. In October 1985, finally reached a coalition with the Greens. It was the first red-green coalition at all. At that time, Joschka Fischer resigned as Minister of State for Environment and energy into a cabinet Börner.

But already in February 1987 broke the coalition to the dispute over the operating license for the fuel fabrication plant in Hanau Alkem. Holger Börner dismissed as Minister Joschka Fischer. In April 1987, It conducted elections, in which Börner did not run. After this election, a CDU - FDP coalition was formed under Walter Wallmann.

From November 1st 1986 to April 14th 1987 Börner was President of the Bundesrat.

Honors

• On September 14 1987 he the then Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker awarded the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
• In 1988, Börner honorary citizen of the city of Kassel.
• In 1987 he received the Grand Gold Medal with Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria.
• The Kassel masonic lodges to friendship and brotherly love Goethe to have appointed him an honorary member.
• A rootstock vine of the Geisenheim Research Institute, which is resistant to phylloxera infestation as a single rootstock, was named after Börner.
• 1993 Award of the Wilhelm- Leuschner- Medal of the State of Hesse

Quotes

• "Who makes no politics, with which it is made. "
• "My name is Börner, weigh 250 pounds and if I have anger twice. "

The famous roof battens quotes exist in two versions:

• "You know, today I have to think of the public peace. 40 years ago on the building I would have answered an attack on my person with the roof bar. " (Response to reporter's question after harassment by protesters )
• " I regret that it prevents me from my high office, to cut the guys themselves one on the face. Earlier at the construction one has done such things with the roof bar. " ( About militant protesters against the Runway 18 West)

Publications

• Ernst Schellenberg as Parliamentary instructor. Experiences of a young MPs. In: Reinhart Bartholomäi: Social policy after 1945 History and analysis.. Ernst Schellenberg 's 70th birthday, Bonn 1977, pages 17 to 20

Cabinets

• Federal Government: Cabinet Kiesinger - Cabinet Brandt I

• Cabinet Börner I - Cabinet Börner II - Cabinet Börner III