Björn von Finckenstein

Björn Graf Finck von Finckenstein (born July 23, 1958 in Usakos , South West Africa ) is a German-Namibian doctor and politician in Namibia .

family

Finckenstein comes from the Prussian noble family of the Imperial Counts and Counts Finck von Finckenstein . He is the son of the marriage of Count Günther Finck von Finckenstein and Anka-Margit von Goldammer.

Life

Finck von Finckenstein studied medicine and was awarded a Dr.med. PhD. He works as a general practitioner in Windhoek. He lives in the Klein-Windhoek district and is the medical director of the Namibian blood donation service .

On December 11, 1992 he became Councilor of the City of Windhoek, d. H. Chairman of the city executive. Until May 2008 he was a member of the city executive. Until May 2010 he was a member of the Windhoek City Council .

He was Deputy Mayor in 1993/94 and Mayor of the city of Windhoek from 1995 to February 1998 . His successor, Matheus Shikongo, was the first black man in the mayor's office; Count Finckenstein was his deputy.

Björn von Finckenstein is the managing director of the German-Namibian Aid Fund Quandt eV

literature

• Genealogical manual of the count's houses , Volume 19, Starke Verlag 1959, p. 76 ff.
• Brenda Bravenboer: Windhoek: Capital of Namibia , Gamsberg Macmillan 2004, p. 390

Web links

• Entry about Björn von Finckenstein in the personal database of the Namibia Institute for Democracy ( Memento from December 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Günther Graf Finck von Finckenstein , accessed on December 3, 2013
2. ↑ Namibian Blood Transfusion Service
3. ↑ Blood donation service opens new clinic , Allgemeine Zeitung (Windhoek) , September 1, 2005
4. ↑ Weakened executive , Allgemeine Zeitung (Windhoek) , May 19, 2008
5. ↑ Bankrupt in three years. The city of Windhoek's revenue cannot withstand increasing demands , Allgemeine Zeitung (Windhoek) , 19 June 2006
6. ↑ IMprint. German-Namibian Aid Fund Quandt eV Accessed October 24, 2018.