Martin Bangemann
Andreas Martin Bange (b. November 15, 1934 in Wanzleben ) is a German politician ( FDP).
He was from 1984 to 1988 Federal Minister of Economics and 1989 to 1999, EU Commissioner for the Internal Market ( until 1993 ) or for industrial policy, information technology and telecommunications. From 1985 to 1988 he was National Chairman of the FDP.
Life and career
After graduation in 1955 Bange man holds a degree in law in Tübingen and Munich, where he. According to the first and second state examination in 1962 with the degree of Dr. jur finished with the work of images and fictions in law and jurisprudence. Since 1964, he is admitted to the bar.
On 1 July 2000 Bangemann board member of the Spanish telephone company Telefonica and in July 2001 the Supervisory Board of Hunzinger Information AG.
Martin Bange is married and has five children.
Party
Since 1963, Bange man is a member of the FDP. From 1969 to 1974 he was Deputy Chairman and until 1978 the country Chairman of the FDP / DVP in Baden- Württemberg. From 1974 to 1975 he was Secretary General of the FDP. From 1985 to 1988 he took over the chairmanship of the Federal Party.
Member of Parliament
1972 Bangemann was first elected to the German Bundestag, and always over the national list Baden- Württemberg. Since 1973, he also belonged to the European Parliament. He was in 1979 the first direct elections again a member of the European Parliament and therefore different at the end of its term in 1980 from the German Parliament.
In the European Parliament he was from 1979 to 1984 Chairman of the Liberal and Democratic Group. 1984 failed the FDP in elections to the European Parliament at the five-percent hurdle.
From 1987 to 1988 he was again a member of the German Bundestag.
His secretary Johanna Olbrich (aka Sonja Lüneburg), who worked for Bangemann 1973 to 1985, was a spy of the GDR State Security. Even after their final conviction he maintained friendly relations.
Public offices
1972 ran worry man for the office of Mayor of Mannheim. June 27, 1984 Bangemann was appointed Federal Minister of Economics led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl Federal Government. In early 1989 he became a member of the European Commission responsible for the Internal Market. He was the European Commissioner for industry policy, information technology and telecommunications in 1993. This office he retained until the mass resignation of the European Commission in 1999. During his tenure, he drove in particular the liberalization of phone markets in Europe preceded and contributed to the breakup of the former state monopolies in this area at.
As EU Commissioner Bangemann was responsible for the communication area in Brussels. The Council of the European Union had a case before the European Court of Justice brought by decision of 9 July 1999 against worry man, in order to examine a possible THE SERVICE misconduct in connection with his move to the Telefónica Group. The Council was concerned, the related behavior Bange 's would jeopardize the reputation of the Commission as an independent and impartial body, and pleaded denial of pension rights ( Rs.T-208/99 ). Among other things, according to Bange 's pledge to take leave during the period July 1999 to June 2001, before he would represent a third party in relation to the EU institutions and after Bange man had agreed to the same time he brought in to the ECJ against the withdraw Council (Case T-208/99 ), the procedure was terminated.
This change of a Commission member in a company whose business was previously in the remit of the Commissioner, the European Commission took the opportunity to establish a code of conduct in addition to ethics committee.
Cabinets
- Cabinet carbon II - Cabinet Kohl III