Hans-Jürgen Zahorka

Hans-Jürgen Zahorka (born January 14, 1952 in Bad Mergentheim ) is a former German politician , ( non-party , previously CDU ) lawyer and political advisor . He was a member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1989 .

Life

After graduating from high school, Zahorka studied law at the University of Tübingen and from 1982 worked as a lawyer in Sindelfingen .

politics

Zahorka joined the CDU in 1971. From 1973 to 1976 he was district chairman of the Junge Union in Böblingen and from 1981 to 1983 regional chairman of the JU Baden-Württemberg . From 1979 to 1986 he was a member of the district council in the Boeblingen district . In the course of the CDU donation affair, Zahorka left the party in January 2000.

Member of the European Parliament

In the European elections in 1984 Zahorka was on the national list selected Baden-Wuerttemberg. He belonged to the EPP Group and was a member of the Committee on External Economic Relations and the Delegation for relations with Yugoslavia . After the European elections in 1989 he left parliament.

Shortly after his election to the European Parliament in 1984 asked the prosecutor's office Stuttgart to waive his immunity , as they on suspicion of incitement to theft , forgery and offense against the Aliens Act was investigating him. In 1999 Zahorka was sentenced to a prison term of 15 months on probation and a fine of 10,000 marks for having filled out several stolen blank passports in his office and provided them with photos that allegedly enabled a Czech family to escape.

further activities

Since leaving the EU Parliament, he has worked as a lecturer in European law and business law at several German and European universities and has also worked as a consultant for governments in more than 35 countries and as an expert and election observer for the European institutions. Zahorka is managing director of the pro-European think tank Libertas and editor-in-chief of the e-magazine he founded in 2009, the European Union Foreign Affairs Journal . He published around 80 publications on European and international topics, especially on the legal form of the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG).

Web links

Entry on Hans-Jürgen Zahorka in the Members' database of the European Parliament

Literature by and about Hans-Jürgen Zahorka in the catalog of the German National Library

CV (PDF; 148 kB) on the Libertas Institute website

Individual evidence

↑ Hans-Jürgen ZAHORKA | ParlTrack. Retrieved July 27, 2020 (English).
^ Estate of Hans-Jürgen Zahorka. In: Federal Archives . Retrieved July 27, 2020 .
↑ Donation affair - Zahorka . In: District newspaper Böblinger Bote . January 24, 2000 ( krzbb.de [accessed July 27, 2020]).
^ Escape helpers in parliament . In: Der Spiegel . No. 49/1984 , December 3, 1984 ( spiegel.de [accessed July 27, 2020]).
^ Court - 15 months for property crimes against lawyer and ex-MEPs . In: District newspaper Böblinger Bote . November 17, 1999 ( krzbb.de [accessed July 27, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Zahorka, Hans-Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (independent, CDU) and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 14, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bad Mergentheim

[1] Hans-Jürgen ZAHORKA | ParlTrack. Retrieved July 27, 2020 (English).

[2] Estate of Hans-Jürgen Zahorka. In: Federal Archives . Retrieved July 27, 2020 .

[3] Donation affair - Zahorka . In: District newspaper Böblinger Bote . January 24, 2000 ( krzbb.de [accessed July 27, 2020]).

[4] Escape helpers in parliament . In: Der Spiegel . No. 49/1984 , December 3, 1984 ( spiegel.de [accessed July 27, 2020]).

[5] Court - 15 months for property crimes against lawyer and ex-MEPs . In: District newspaper Böblinger Bote . November 17, 1999 ( krzbb.de [accessed July 27, 2020]).