Björn Engholm
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Leader of the Social Democratic Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 29 May 1991 – 3 May 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Federal Manager | Anke Fuchs Karlheinz Blessing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Hans-Jochen Vogel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Johannes Rau (interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 31 May 1988 – 3 May 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy | Marianne Tidick Eva Rühmkorf Günther Jansen Heide Simonis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Henning Schwarz (interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Heide Simonis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President of the Bundesrat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1 November 1988 – 31 October 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Vice President | Bernhard Vogel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Bernhard Vogel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Walter Momper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader of the Opposition in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 12 April 1983 – 31 May 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minister-President | Uwe Barschel Henning Schwarz (interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Klaus Matthiesen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Heiko Hoffmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 12 April 1983 – 31 May 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Klaus Matthiesen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Gert Börnsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Lübeck-Moisling, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany (now Germany) | 9 November 1939||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Social Democratic Party (1962–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Barbara Engholm (m. 1964) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Hamburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Björn Engholm (born 9 November 1939) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was Federal Minister for Education and Science from 1981 to 1982, and in 1982 also Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests. From 1988 to 1993 he was the Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein and from 1991 to 1993 the leader of the Social Democratic Party.
Engholm was educated at University of Hamburg.[1] He was elected Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein in 1988, in the wake of the Barschel affair/Waterkantgate: he had been spied on and was a victim of severe defamation (HIV infection, tax evasion, etc.) by the Barschel campaign. The Social Democrats won an impressive 54.2% (up almost 10%) and gained an absolute majority for the first time ever.[2] Engholm served as President of the Bundesrat in 1988/89.
While Engholm was popular with the electorate, he was forced to resign as party leader and Minister-President in 1993 after discrepancies surfaced over the testimonies he gave in the Barschel affair (Schubladenaffäre, drawer affair). A party official had paid 50,000 Deutsche Mark (kept in a kitchen drawer) to the spy of the Barschel affair to keep the espionage a secret for several weeks, to reveal the scandal on election weekend with a bigger impact and then present Engholm as a victim.
He was succeeded by Rudolf Scharping as party chairman and by Heide Simonis as Minister-President.
Since 1964, Engholm has been married to painter Barbara Engholm (born 1940); they have two daughters.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Publications, Europa (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Psychology Press. p. 494. ISBN 9781857432176.
- ^ "Drucken". todayinhistory.de. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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