Bernd Busemann

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Bernd Busemann (2013)
Bernd Busemann 2014 at the Open Day of the Lower Saxony State Parliament with Minister Olaf Lies

Bernd Busemann , also Bernhard Busemann , (born June 5, 1952 in Dörpen , Emsland district ) is a German politician ( CDU ). He is Vice President of the 18th Lower Saxony State Parliament . From February 19, 2013 to November 13, 2017, he was President of the 17th Lower Saxony State Parliament . Before that he was Lower Saxony's Minister of Education and Culture and then Lower Saxony's Minister of Justice .

Life

education and profession

Busemann graduated from high school in Papenburg in 1972 . Two years as a contract soldier in Buxtehude followed . He then began studying law at the University of Cologne . He has been working as a lawyer since his second state examination in 1982 and as a notary since 1985 .

politics

Bernd Busemann during the constitutive session on February 20, 2013

Busemann has been a member of the CDU since 1971. Since 1987 he has been the chairman of the Aschendorf-Hümmling district association, and since 1994 a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament , in which he represents the constituency 82 of Papenburg as a directly elected member . From 1998 to 2003 he was deputy chairman of the CDU parliamentary group. From March 2003 to February 2008 he was Minister of Education for Lower Saxony. After the state elections in 2008 , which were successful for the CDU and FDP , Busemann took over the office of Justice Minister from Elisabeth Heister-Neumann , who succeeded him and became Minister of Education. After losing the state elections in Lower Saxony in 2013 , he resigned from office with the McAllister cabinet and the Weil I cabinet assumed office.

Bernd Busemann in his state parliament office with the flag of the Emsland district

On February 5, 2013, Busemann was nominated by the CDU state parliamentary group as a candidate for the office of state parliament president (successor to Hermann Dinkla ). He prevailed against his party colleague Astrid Vockert with 35 to 19 votes. Since the CDU is still the strongest parliamentary group despite the lost election, it was assumed that Busemann would be elected at the constituent session of the state parliament on February 19. However, this required votes from the majority camp of the SPD and the Greens. After Busemann was caught drunk behind the wheel of his company car on February 5, 2013 and, when it became known two days later, he still held on to his candidacy, the SPD and the Greens initially left it open whether they would actually support him in the election. A little later the SPD signaled its approval, the Greens continued to keep a low profile. At the constituent session of the 17th Lower Saxony State Parliament on February 19, 2013, Busemann was finally elected President of the State Parliament with a large majority, and some members of the Greens voted no. Since the clear victory of the SPD as the strongest party in the state elections in November 2017, Bernd Busemann has been Vice President of the Lower Saxony state parliament.

Private

Busemann and his wife Ilse-Marie have two adoptive daughters.

Positions

Dissolution of the state center for political education

On his initiative as minister of education, the cabinet of the Lower Saxony state government under Prime Minister Christian Wulff decided to dissolve the Lower Saxony state center for political education on December 31, 2004. This decision triggered outrage nationwide and calls for the decision to be withdrawn, but without success. On November 18, 2004, the Lower Saxony State Parliament passed a law of its own to establish the Lower Saxony Memorial Foundation (GedenkStG) as the successor organization to the 'Memorial work and reappraisal of National Socialism and its Consequences' department .

Indemnities

In 2008, Busemann was asked by the FAZ what he thought of the increase in compensation demanded by lawyers for citizens who had been imprisoned innocently for years. According to the FAZ, some federal states are responding to such cases with "cold fiscal and legal logic". The article came to this assessment through Busemann's position, because he stated: "I do not deny that the indemnity in individual cases leads to unsatisfactory solutions", but he could only imagine an increase of a few euros. "... unsatisfactory situations are inherent in the law." The demand for an increase to one hundred euros per day in detention is therefore "downright absurd".

Castor transports

After the massive protests against the Castor transport to Gorleben in November 2010, in the discussion about the distribution of the costs of the police operation, Busemann asked the demonstrators to pay. "Anyone who obstructs an officially approved transport through a sit-in and thereby causes damage such as additional costs for the police operation must not be exempt from punishment from the outset," he told the FAZ . While the Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann ( CSU ) agreed with him, the Greens chairwoman Claudia Roth criticized him for criminalizing the demonstrators: "Demonstrations are the staple food of democracy."

Preventive detention

After the European Court of Human Rights once again declared the subsequent preventive detention in Germany to be in violation of human rights at the beginning of 2010 , Busemann replied: “The Lower Saxon remains stubborn. I don't let anyone out. "

Rape in juvenile detention

When a study by the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony was published in August 2012, which stated that inmates of the juvenile penal system had a seven percent probability of being raped within a month, Busemann said he could “accept this result” and said: “A prison is just not a boarding house for girls. ”The criminologist in charge of the study, Christian Pfeiffer , explained the result:“ That is a horror rate. We didn't ask after a year ”.

Adoption rights for same-sex couples

In August 2012, Busemann rejected a general right of adoption proposed by Federal Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (FDP) with reference to the best interests of the child. He emphasized that the best interests of the child must take precedence over the will of the couple, as children of same-sex couples have to fear stigmatization and bullying . In addition, the presence of a father and mother is of particular importance for the "upbringing and personal development of children". He respected people's decision to "realize their life plans in other forms of partnership". He rejects "undifferentiated equality with marriage between men and women". The Lesbian and Gay Association (LSVD) called Busemann's argument irresponsible, and members of the Left and the Young Liberals accused him of discrimination.

Data retention

Busemann is an advocate of data retention . After the Federal Constitutional Court had declared the original regulation unconstitutional and thus void, it explained in August 2012 that in 2010 alone there had been 3,000 cases of child pornography , and in the following year only half. However, the number of crimes in this area has not decreased, it is just that they can no longer be prosecuted. "We are not allowed to do anything, I cannot accept that". From Busemann's point of view, the “data gap” has also made the so-called grandchildren's trick “a national sport”; a scam that especially older people fall victim to. Roland Zielke , member of the state parliament of the coalition partner FDP, rejected Busemann's criticism: “The CDU's plans go too far”. It has been proven that data storage for more than six months does not lead to a higher clarification rate, and the legal loophole has existed since 2010.

Alcohol in traffic

In December 2010, Busemann called for the alcohol content in the blood to be lowered from 0.5 to 0.3 per mille . He also spoke out in favor of the abolition of the judge's reservation for blood samples . In February 2013 he was caught driving his company car with around 0.9 per mille. Busemann asserted that he himself thought he was still fit to drive after visiting a bar. He then apologized publicly: "I am embarrassed about the incident, I am extremely sorry".

Anti-Corruption Policy

As Minister of Justice and President of the State Parliament, Busemann has repeatedly stated that he is in favor of an intensification of the criminal offense of bribery of parliamentarians . Germany has not yet been able to ratify the UN Convention against Corruption , which was signed in 2003 , because buying votes by members of parliament is a criminal offense, but not influencing political decisions through monetary benefits. On April 9, 2013, Busemann therefore welcomed the change of course in the Legal Committee of the German Bundestag , which will enable the criminal offense to be intensified soon.

Web links

Commons : Bernd Busemann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
 Wikinews: Bernd Busemann  - in the news

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Election proposal of the parliamentary groups of the Lower Saxony state parliament for the election of the members of the 15th Federal Assembly (Drucksache 16/4515) (PDF; 78 kB)
  2. ^ Gabriele Andretta (Ed.), Department for Press, Public Relations, Protocol: Lower Saxony State Parliament. Handbook of the Lower Saxony Parliament of the 18th electoral period. 2017 to 2022 , 1st edition, Hanover: Lower Saxony State Parliament, 2018, p. 28
  3. ↑ a b Michael B. Berger: Smooth choice Busemanns because paves the way. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung from February 19, 2013.
  4. ↑ a b Bernd Busemann is to become the new President of the State Parliament. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of February 5, 2013.
  5. ↑ Home - Lower Saxony State Parliament. Retrieved November 22, 2017 .
  6. ↑ http://dvpb.de/wir-ueber-uns/positionen/demokratie-brauch-die-landeszentralen-fuer-politische-bildung/ Position of the German Association for Civic Education from October 29/30, 2004 and http: // www.bpb.de/presse/50798/schlung-der-landeszentrale-fuer-politische-bildung-in-niedersachsen bpb press release of July 27, 2004
  7. ↑ Christoph Gunkel: “An Existence Destruction.” Erroneously imprisoned: If the judiciary has determined the wrong person, the victim is fobbed off with eleven euros per day. That should change now. Two cases from practice. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. November 16, 2008. pp. 59 and 64.
  8. ↑ Union calls for penalties for demonstrators. In: Faz.net of November 13, 2010.
  9. ↑ Union wants demonstrators to participate in police costs. In: Zeit.de of November 13, 2010.
  10. ↑ Unlawful preventive detention: reactions. “I don't let anyone out”. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of January 14, 2011.
  11. ↑ For the whole paragraph: bullying, rape, beatings. Lower Saxony's Minister of Justice: "A prison is not a girls' pension". In: Der Tagesspiegel from August 16, 2012, accessed on August 18, 2012.
  12. ↑ Lower Saxony's Minister of Justice should stop spreading cheap prejudices. LSVD press release from August 17, 2012.
  13. ^ Debate about the right of adoption - outrage after statement by Justice Minister Busemann. In: Hamburger Abendblatt of August 17, 2012, accessed on August 18, 2012.
  14. ↑ For the whole paragraph: loophole protects sex offenders. Lower Saxony criticizes the Federal Minister of Justice - authorities lack information. In: Nordwest-Zeitung of August 16, 2012, accessed on August 18, 2012.
  15. ↑ Hans Brinkmann: Busemann wants 0.3 alcohol limit for motorists. In: Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung of December 7, 2010, accessed on February 7, 2013
  16. ^ Charlotte Frank: Busemanns Bierchen. ( Memento from April 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Süddeutsche Zeitung from February 8, 2013.
  17. ↑ For the whole paragraph Busemann welcomes attack against bribery of parliamentarians In: landtag-niedersachsen.de of April 9, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Busemann, Bernd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Busemann, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Dörpen , Emsland district