Friedrich Bohl

This article deals with the CDU politician. For the Swedish-Pomeranian Chancellor, see Friedrich Bohl (Chancellor) .

Friedrich Bohl (2008)

Friedrich Bohl (born March 5, 1945 in Rosdorf , Göttingen district ) is a former German politician ( CDU ). As Federal Minister for Special Tasks , he was head of the Federal Chancellery from 1991 to 1998 .

education and profession

After graduating from high school in 1964, Bohl completed a law degree in Marburg , which he completed in 1969 with the first state examination and in 1972 with the second state examination . He has been admitted to the bar since 1972 and as a notary since 1976 .

From 1998 to March 31, 2009, Bohl was a member of the board of directors at Deutsche Vermögensberatung (DVAG), responsible for the corporate secretariat , public relations, associations and law. Friedrich Bohl has been the chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Vermögensberatung (DVAG) since March 31, 2009 . On December 1, 2011, he replaced the previous President of the von Behring-Röntgen Foundation for the Promotion of University Medical Research and Teaching at the Universities of Gießen and Marburg, Joachim-Felix Leonhard . Friedrich Bohl is married and has four children.

politics

He has been a member of the CDU since 1963. Here he was initially involved in the Junge Union , of which he was district chairman in Central Hesse from 1969 to 1973. From 1978 to 2002 he was chairman of the CDU district association Marburg-Biedenkopf . Bohl was a member of the district council of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district, where he was chairman of the CDU parliamentary group from 1974 to 1990 . From 1970 to 1980 he was a member of the Hessian state parliament . Here he was deputy chairman of the CDU parliamentary group from 1978 to 1980. From 1980 to 2002 he was a member of the German Bundestag and from 1984 to 1989 Parliamentary Managing Director of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group , from 1989 to 1991 First Parliamentary Managing Director. Friedrich Bohl was last enlisted in the German Bundestag via the Hesse state list.

Public offices

On November 26, 1991, Bohl was appointed Federal Minister for Special Tasks and Head of the Federal Chancellery in the Federal Government led by Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl . On May 25, 1998, he also took over the management of the Federal Government's Press and Information Office for a short time. After the 1998 Bundestag election , he left the federal government on October 26, 1998.

Bohl was accused of destroying a large amount of files during his time as head of the Federal Chancellery, especially in connection with the so-called federal deletion days , including documents that could have clarified Kohl's involvement in the party donation scandal. Criminally relevant allegations of systematically and deliberately as well as illegally destroying files could not be proven to Bohl.

In June 2018, at the request of the Federal Network Agency and the Federal Ministry of Economics , Bohl took on the role of mediator in the dispute over the costs of VHF broadcasting and, in several rounds of negotiations, put the dispute between radio broadcasters and broadcasters on the one hand and five financial investors on the other and seller Media Broadcast GmbH , who wanted to enforce higher usage prices.

Awards

• 1988: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1990: Large gold medal on ribbon for services to the Republic of Austria
• 1997: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1998: Grand Cross of the Portuguese Order of Merit
• 2014: Alfred Dregger Medal in gold

See also

• Cabinet Kohl IV
• Cabinet Kohl V

literature

• Jochen Lengemann : The Hessen Parliament 1946–1986 . Biographical handbook of the advisory state committee, the state assembly advising the constitution and the Hessian state parliament (1st – 11th electoral period). Ed .: President of the Hessian State Parliament. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-14330-0 , p. 217 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).
• Jochen Lengemann: MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 82.
• Ralf Schönfeld: Heads of the Federal Chancellery in a united Germany. Friedrich Bohl, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Thomas de Maizière in comparison . Ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8382-0116-0 .

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Bohl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Biography at the German Bundestag
• Literature by and about Friedrich Bohl in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Konrad Adenauer Foundation
2. ↑ Bundestag biography
3. ↑ Foundation bodies . From Behring-Röntgen-Stiftung, September 5, 2017, accessed on July 1, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Robert Leicht : An abyss of treason. In: Die Zeit No. 27/2000.
5. ↑ Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: State Secretary Nussbaum has called for a swift agreement in the VHF dispute - Federal Minister a. D. Friedrich Bohl took over the moderation. Retrieved June 20, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Economy, trade & finance: ROUNDUP: Agreement in the power struggle over VHF radio . ( handelsblatt.com [accessed June 20, 2018]).
7. ↑ FM blackout from the table: Ex-Chancellery Minister Friedrich Bohl ends the power struggle over the radio ›Meedia. Retrieved June 20, 2018 . 
8. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
9. ↑ Secretary General Manfred Pentz: "Three outstanding personalities honored with the Alfred Dregger Medal in gold". CDU Hessen, December 9, 2014, archived from the original on April 18, 2015 ; accessed on July 1, 2018 .