Hans-Joachim Böhme (Minister)

The ministers Hans-Joachim Böhme (right) and Heinz Hoffmann (2nd from right) visit the training facility for student reservists / reserve officers " Peter Göring " (1980)

Hans-Joachim Böhme (born April 25, 1931 in Leipzig ; † May 11, 1995 in Berlin ) was a German politician ( SED ). For many years he was Minister for Higher and Technical Education in the GDR .

Life

The son of a worker studied education at the University of Leipzig from 1950 to 1953 . In 1952 he joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). From 1953 to 1955 he worked as a teacher and assistant at the Karl Marx University (KMU) Leipzig. From 1955 to 1959 he acted as secretary and from 1959 to 1966 as 1st secretary of the SED district leadership of the KMU Leipzig. From 1966 to 1968 he was head of the student department at the GDR embassy in Moscow .

From 1968 to 1970 he was State Secretary and 1st Deputy Minister, and from September 16, 1970 to November 1989, he was Minister for Higher Education and Technical Education, succeeding Ernst-Joachim Gießmann . At the 8th party congress of the SED in June 1971 he was elected as a candidate and at the 10th session of the Central Committee on October 2, 1973 as a member of the Central Committee of the SED . In November / December 1989 he resigned from his state and party functions. After the reunification in the GDR he was unemployed and in 1990 worked for the institute for higher education and technical schools.

In 1970 Böhme became professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin and in 1981 an honorary doctorate (Dr. hc) from the University of Leningrad .

Awards

1965 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze, 1973 in silver and 1981 in gold
1974 Gold Medal of Merit of the National People's Army
1977 Hufeland Medal in gold

literature

Andreas Herbst , Helmut Müller-Enbergs : Böhme, Hans-Joachim . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Individual evidence

↑ Neues Deutschland , May 2, 1981, p. 4

Web links

Commons : Hans-Joachim Böhme - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Hans-Joachim Böhme in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Boehme, Hans-Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SED), Minister for Higher and Technical Education of the GDR
DATE OF BIRTH	April 25, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH	May 11, 1995
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Neues Deutschland , May 2, 1981, p. 4