Christian Weber (politician, 1946)

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Christian Weber (born July 1, 1946 in Krobsdorf in Silesia ; † February 12, 2019 in Bremen ) was President of the Citizenship of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and a member of the SPD from 1999 to 2019 .

biography

Family, education and work

Christian Weber was born as the fifth child of his parents, Marta and Erich Weber, in Krobsdorf in Silesia. A few weeks after his birth, the family was expelled by Polish troops from the area that was then part of the German Empire and found shelter in Ossendorf , a district of Warburg , in East Westphalia . Christian Weber spent most of his childhood here, attended elementary and secondary school, and completed the two-year commercial college .

After graduating from commercial school in March 1967, Christian Weber did his basic military service at the Bundeswehr location Rheine in Westphalia from April 1967 to October 1968 . He then began his training as a banker at Commerzbank in Düsseldorf . He then took over the second-chance education , the high school after. From 1973 to 1979 Christian Weber studied in Göttingen and Bremen teacher for secondary education with the combination of subjects history , geography and social studies . In 1983 he took over the management of the Bremen youth workshops and of the Bremen training workshop, which he held until the mid-1990s.

Weber died after a long illness at the age of 72 in Bremen. He was buried in Bremen Cathedral after a state ceremony .

politics

Christian Weber had been a member of the SPD since 1972 . In 1977 he was elected to the board of the SPD local association Hastedt , and from 1986 to 1990 he chaired it. From 1978 to 1990 he was a member of the Hemelingen Advisory Board . During this time, among other things, the Mercedes-Benz plant was established in the Hemelingen district of Sebaldsbrück. From 1979 to 1990 he was spokesman for the advisory board. From 1983 to 1990 he was also the spokesman for the full advisory board for Bremen.

Since September 10, 1990 he was a member of the Bremen Parliament. From 1995 to 1999 he was chairman of the SPD parliamentary group . On July 7, 1999, he succeeded Reinhard Metz (CDU) as President of the Bremen Citizenship, which he held until his death.

As President of the Parliament, Christian Weber opened the parliament building to visitors. Since then, regular tours have been offered and the house is available for events outside of the plenary sessions. For example, the House of Citizenship is a permanent venue for the Bremen Music Festival.

As President of the Citizenship, Christian Weber campaigned for reconciliation with Israel and Poland, mainly within the framework of the town twinning with Haifa and Gdansk . At Weber's endeavor, there is an annual student exchange between Bremen and Haifa, the “Student Exchange Bremen Haifa”. In addition, the board of the Bremen citizenship visited Haifa at regular intervals. As part of his reconciliation policy, Weber led a delegation trip to Murat in France in 2014 to apologize for the acts committed by the Wehrmacht during World War II . 120 inhabitants Murat had been deported in 1944 to Germany in Bremen-Farge the Valentin submarine pens to build.

Weber established the political simulation game “Youth in Parliament” as an offer for young people.

In 2003, Weber took over the chairmanship of Wilhelm Kaisen Bürgerhilfe founded by his predecessor Dieter Klink . An underground collecting box, the so-called Bremer Loch, was installed next to the Citizens' House . The proceeds are distributed annually by Wilhelm Kaisen Bürgerhilfe to various charitable organizations in Bremen.

Weber came under criticism, among other things, with the appointment of the director position of the Bremen citizenship. In 2007 Weber wanted to appoint the former Social Senator Karin Röpke (SPD) as director, who had resigned in connection with the " Kevin case ". Previously, he had the previous director Rainer Oellerich retired early. Due to a rival complaint , the position was initially vacant before Karl-Heinz Hage became the new director in 2009. After a good two years, Hage was released early again. After the replacement failed due to a competitor lawsuit, the position remained vacant for several years. In the summer of 2016, the then head of the Bremen State Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Joachim von Wachter , was appointed the new director of the Bremen citizenship.

Christian Weber belonged to the board of the Bremen citizenship and the budget and finance committee (state and city). He was also chairman of the constitution and rules of procedure committee as well as a deputy member of the controlling committee.

Further offices and memberships

Christian Weber was a member of the following institutions:

Web links

Commons : Christian Weber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ^ President Christian Weber has died. In: bremische-buergerschaft.de. Bremen Citizenship , February 12, 2019, accessed on February 12, 2019 .
  2. ^ The President of the City Council Christian Weber has died. In: butenunbinnen.de . Radio Bremen , February 12, 2019, accessed on February 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Bremen citizenship: visiting service. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Venues detail page. Accessed January 28, 2019 .
  5. ^ The return visit in October 2018. In: Student Exchange Bremen-Haifa. October 14, 2018, accessed on January 28, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ 2017 - Travel of the board. In: Student Exchange Bremen-Haifa. August 9, 2017, accessed on January 28, 2019 (German).
  7. ^ Bremen citizenship: Youth in Parliament. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .
  8. ^ Press office of the Senate - Christian Weber took over the chairmanship of Wilhelm Kaisen Bürgerhilfe. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .
  9. ↑ "Bremer Loch": record windfall from the underground. May 22, 2018, accessed January 28, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Michael Brandt: No chance in a new position: Karin Röpke draws conclusions from the public debate and renounces . Weser-Kurier , July 24, 2007.
  11. ↑ Klaus Wolschner: Dispute over citizenship director - Greens accuse the SPD of clubbing . taz, June 27, 2012
    Klaus Wolschner: Privileges of the feudal kind . taz, April 16, 2012
  12. ↑ Bremen citizenship: Hans-Joachim von Wachter is the new city council director. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Bremen citizenship: Constitution and Rules Committee. Retrieved January 28, 2019 .
  14. ^ Board of Directors - Günter Grass Foundation Bremen. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 27, 2018 ; accessed on June 27, 2018 (German). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.grass-medienarchiv.de
  15. ↑ Neighborhood House Bremen - ná bremen. In: www.nachbarschaftshaus-bremen.de. Retrieved November 30, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Which organs does the Schütting Foundation have? Accessed June 27, 2018 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Weber, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), President of the Citizenship of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Krobsdorf , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 2019
Place of death Bremen