Dietmar Artzinger-Bolten

Dietmar Artzinger-Bolten (* 1940 ) is a German lawyer and former politician of the CDU . He became known as the president of 1. FC Köln from 1987 to 1991.

Professionally active as a lawyer, he was a member of the Cologne City Council from 1975 to 1994 . From 1975 to 1989 he was a member of the CDU parliamentary group executive committee. From 1989 Artzinger-Bolten was a member of the administrative board and the credit committee of the Stadtsparkasse Köln . Since 1986 Artzinger-Bolten has been on the board of the Cologne House and Landowners Association from 1888.

In the winter of 1986/87 1. FC Köln found itself in a leadership crisis after severe boardroom disputes and the resignation of President Peter Weiand for April 1987. In this situation Dietmar Artzinger-Bolten, who had not previously been represented in FC committees, was proposed as a candidate for the presidency of the club and was elected at an extraordinary general meeting on April 3, 1987. During his four-year tenure, the football club was twice German runner-up, he also reached the semi-finals of the European Cup and took part in the 1991 cup final . During his time, the successful coach Christoph Daum was dismissed during the 1990 World Cup in Italy and he received the highest transfer fee in the history of the Bundesliga (DM 14.5 million) when Thomas Häßler was sold to Juventus Turin . Artzinger-Bolten wanted to convert the Bundesliga club into a stock corporation and go public in 1991/92. After resigning as president in 1991, the club was heavily indebted. His successor as President of the Cathedral City Club was Klaus Hartmann .

Dietmar Artzinger-Bolten was awarded the Order of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2005.