Heinrich Holkenbrink
Heinrich Holkenbrink (born January 23, 1920 in Handorf ; † November 29, 1998 in Trier ) was a German educator and politician ( CDU ).
Life and work
After graduating from high school Paulinum in Münster , Holkenbrink began studying philology and philosophy for teaching at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . From 1940 to 1945 he had to do military service in World War II .
After the end of the war he continued his studies at the Pedagogical Academy in Bad Neuenahr and in Mainz ; he passed the first state examination for teaching in 1950 and the second in 1954. He then entered the school service as a teacher and taught in Wittlich (state education for girls, renamed 'Staatliche Aufbauschule für Mädchen' in 1953, today's Peter-Wust-Gymnasium ) and in Trier (Hindenburg-Gymnasium, renamed Humboldt-Gymnasium in 2009 ).
Political party
Holkenbrink joined the CDU in 1945 and was state chairman of the Junge Union in Rhineland-Palatinate from 1958 to 1961 . He was also chairman of the CDU in the Wittlich district , was chairman of the CDU district of Trier from 1966 to 1984 and was a member of the state board of the CDU Rhineland-Palatinate .
MP
Holkenbrink was elected to the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament in the state elections on April 19, 1959 . In 1961 he was elected to the German Bundestag and resigned from the Landtag. In the Bundestag he represented the constituency of Trier. On July 17, 1967, he resigned his Bundestag mandate, since he had previously entered the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate as State Secretary . After the elections in 1971 , 1975 , 1979 and 1983 he moved into the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament. He did not run for the state election in 1987 .
Public offices
From 1967 to 1971 Holkenbrink was State Secretary for Economics and Transport for the State of Rhineland-Palatinate. After the state elections in March 1971 , Prime Minister Helmut Kohl formed his second cabinet ; he appointed Holkenbrink to succeed Hanns Neubauer as Minister of Economics and Transport . Cabinet II was in office from May 18, 1971 to May 20, 1975 and Cabinet III until December 2, 1976. Prime Minister Bernhard Vogel also appointed Holkenbrink to his cabinets I , II and III . As Minister of Economic Affairs, Holkenbrink issued a construction permit under nuclear law for the Mülheim-Kärlich nuclear power plant . At the instigation of Helga Vowinckel , the Koblenz Administrative Court found the illegality of this building permit in 1977 and stopped further construction.
He resigned from government on May 23, 1985; Vogel appointed Rudi Geil to be Holkenbrink's successor.
Honors
- 1975: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1980: Grand Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1985: Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
See also
Cabinet Kohl II - Cabinet Kohl III - Cabinet Vogel I - Cabinet Vogel II - Cabinet Vogel III
literature
H. Holkenbrink: Experienced, thought, tried. In: Sparkassen- und Giroverband Rheinland-Pfalz (Hrsg.): Rhineland-Palatinate Personal. Memories and encounters. Mainz 1987, pp. 433-451.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Der Spiegel February 21, 1977: Nice present
Hanns Haberer (1946–1947) | Oskar Stübinger (1947) | Fritz Neumayer (1947–1948) | Peter Altmeier (1948–1967) | Hanns Neubauer (1967–1971) | Heinrich Holkenbrink (1971–1985) | Rudi Geil (1985–1987) | Rainer Brüderle (1987–1998) | Hans-Artur Bauckhage (1998–2006) | Hendrik Hering (2006–2011) | Eveline Lemke (2011–2016) | Volker Wissing (since 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holkenbrink, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator and politician (CDU), MdL, MdB |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Handorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1998 |
| Place of death | trier |