Joachim Hofmann-Göttig

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Joachim Hofmann-Göttig, July 2010

Joachim Hofmann-Göttig (born August 30, 1951 in Leipzig ) is a German political scientist and politician ( SPD ). From May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2018, he was Lord Mayor of Koblenz .

Life

Joachim Hofmann-Göttig was born to Martha and Werner Hofmann . He graduated from high school in Marburg. Between high school and beginning his studies in 1971, Hofmann-Göttig volunteered at a weekly newspaper. He majored in education and law , with a minor in sociology , political science and psychology . In addition to his studies, he worked as a journalist for various daily and weekly newspapers as well as for the Hessischer Rundfunk school radio . He was in charge of the weather adult education center in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district . In 1976 he graduated with a degree in education and received his doctorate in 1981Wolfgang Klafki in Education for Dr. phil.

In the 1980s and 1990s he made a name for himself with numerous publications and lectures on electoral research , in particular on the voting behavior of young people ( Die young voters , 1984), the history of women's voting behavior in Germany ( emancipation with the ballot , 1986) and the demographic voter base of the new right-wing extremist parties ( Die neuerechte , 1989). For many years he founded and headed the “Social Sciences Discussion Group” of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Bonn) and worked on the election research committee of the German Association for Political Science . From 1998–2004 he was a lecturer at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen for political science ( political sociology ), where he was appointed honorary professor in 2002 . From 2003 to 2016 he had a teaching position at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz , where he was appointed honorary professor for sociology ( educational , youth and cultural sociology , political sociology, government theory ) in 2004.

Hofmann-Göttig is married and has two daughters.

Political career

Inauguration of the castle steps before the Electoral Palace by the Koblenz Mayor Joachim Hofmann-Göttig (standing 3rd from left) 11 June 2010
Opening of the renovated Löhrstrasse by Mayor Joachim Hofmann-Göttig on April 9, 2011

In 1969 Hofmann-Göttig joined the SPD and initially worked for the Young Socialists in Marburg, in the Hesse-North district executive and in the Hessian state executive. In 1972 he became a community representative in Simtshausen, in 1974 he is a member of the district council in Marburg-Biedenkopf.

1975–1991 he worked full-time in Bonn as a scientific advisor for the SPD party executive, as a student advisor from 1975-77, was head of the 1979 European election campaign and advisor for education policy for the parliamentary group from 1977-79, as well as head of the federal-state coordination office, 1980-84; he worked for the Hessian state representation (press and culture officer, 1984/85) and as head of the Saarland state representation (also press and culture officer 1986–1991). As a part-time job, he headed the secretariat of the Progress '90 working group , which worked out the SPD's government program for the 1990 Bundestag election.

In Hesse Hofmann Göttig was 1985 Ministerial civil servants, in Saarland appointed in 1990 to Ministerialdirigenten. From 1991 Hofmann-Göttig was State Secretary in Rhineland-Palatinate , always responsible for cultural affairs from 2006 onwards . Here he was instrumental in the process of recognizing the Upper Middle Rhine Valley cultural landscape as a UNESCO World Heritage Site . In addition, his main projects were the expansion of the Landesstiftung Villa Musica with the Academy for Chamber Music in Engers Castle (Neuwied) , the expansion of the Rolandseck (Remagen) train station into the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck , which is recognized nationwide, and the general renovation and expansion of the cradle of democracy , the Hambach Castle (Neustadt adW). In the meantime, from 2001 to 2006, its responsibilities had been limited to education. With a 19-year term in office, Hofmann-Göttig was the longest serving State Secretary in the division of the Conference of Ministers of Education in Germany.

Koblenz Mayor

On September 27, 2009 Hofmann-Göttig was elected Lord Mayor of Koblenz with 54.4% of the vote and thus prevailed against Peter Labonte (CDU). He took office on May 1, 2010. In addition, he was chairman of the supervisory board of BUGA GmbH, which organized the 2011 Federal Horticultural Show under the motto Koblenz transformed . and he was committed to the preservation of the Koblenz judiciary.

Under his responsibility, the Rhein-Mosel-Halle was opened to the public in September 2012 and the cultural building ( Forum Confluentes ) on the central square in June 2013.

He was the negotiator of the bidding consortium consisting of the city of Koblenz, Stadtwerke, EVM and THÜGA on the purchase of the RWE majority stake in the regional electricity supplier KEVAG . He was chairman of the supervisory board of KEVAG and EVM and was jointly responsible for the merger that took place on July 1, 2014 to form evm AG, the largest municipal energy supplier in Rhineland-Palatinate, of which he has been chairman of the supervisory board since then.

In 2016 and 2017 he was also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Thüga Holding. He was the negotiator on the municipal side in the merger between three church and two municipal hospitals to form the Mittelrhein Community Clinic , a maximum care provider that is uniquely large in Germany and supported by church foundations and municipalities in equal proportions. Since December 16, 2015 he has been chairman of the supervisory board of the Mittelrhein community hospital.

In addition to major economic projects, Hofmann-Göttig made a name for himself as a treasurer as a household renovator . Koblenz was the only regional center in Rhineland-Palatinate that was able to bring a balanced budget draft through the city council for 2018. Another focus of his official work was the respectful treatment of minorities, with a migrant proportion of 30 percent in the population, a central issue of the internal climate in Koblenz.

During his candidacy for mayor (2009), during which he appeared as an independent applicant , and throughout the entire term of office, Hofmann-Göttig was supported by a non-partisan group of supporters.

Hofmann-Göttig could no longer run for the mayoral election in 2017 because he exceeded the age limit set in the municipal regulations. He retired at the end of April 2018.

Then there was a legal dispute between the city of Koblenz and the state of Rhineland-Palatinate over the distribution of supply costs, in which the city prevailed. The Administrative Court of Koblenz affirmed, on the basis of earlier state law provisions, a sharing of benefits in the event of a change of employer within the state even before § 2 of the state law on the State Treaty on the Sharing of Supply Burdens came into force . The transfer to temporary retirement on April 27, 2010, which the State Audit Office later objected to because of the imminent assumption of office as Lord Mayor, was therefore not relevant to the decision.

JoHo Schängel Foundation

Sign in front of the office of the JoHo Schängel Foundation in Mainzer Straße 61 in Koblenz

Hofmann-Göttig founded the JoHo Schängel Foundation in December 2010 . The purpose of the foundation is to support projects in his home town of Koblenz. In order to underline the foundation's connection with Koblenz, the Schängel was included in the foundation's name. The foundation's business is the responsibility of a five-person board with the main donor Hofmann-Göttig as chairman.

The foundation is financed through donations, including above all the income from the fortnightly photo column of the main donor for the local newspaper Blick aktuell - Koblenz . The foundation pays out project funds averaging 6–8,000 euros each year.

Fonts

  • The Student Work of the Young Socialists (1976)
  • Politics and school press. Ölschläger, Munich (1981)
  • The young voters. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt u. a. (1984)
  • Emancipation with the ballot. 70 years of women's suffrage in Germany. (1986)
  • The New Right (1989)

Web links

Commons : Joachim Hofmann-Göttig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tabular curriculum vitae ( memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 26 kB) in: Ministry for Education, Science, Youth and Culture of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  2. ↑ Strong lobby for Villa Musica in kulturland.rlp.de, November 7, 2017
  3. ^ Arp Museum in Rolandseck is very well received in kulturland.rlp.de, October 2, 2008
  4. ↑ Hambacher Schloss reports record visits in the state newspaper , November 23, 2009
  5. ↑ Rheinpfalz of November 22, 2008. Article: "Falscher Partner, sturer Wille" by Karin Dauscher under the heading 'About the person'
  6. ↑ Hofmann-Göttig becomes the new city chief in Koblenz in: Rhein-Zeitung , September 27, 2009
  7. ↑ BUGA Koblenz 2011 GmbH also closes with a positive economic result ( memento from October 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) in: buga2011.de , October 19, 2011
  8. ^ OLG as a lesson for democracy in: Rhein-Zeitung , September 29, 2011
  9. ^ Rhein-Mosel-Halle: Opening on September 26th in: Rhein-Zeitung , August 17th, 2012
  10. ↑ Now everyone in Koblenz can come: Kulturbau has opened in: Rhein-Zeitung , June 20, 2013
  11. ↑ Sale is through: Koblenzer Kevag becomes completely municipal in: Rhein-Zeitung , December 21, 2012
  12. ↑ The evm has an eye on the region. In: blick-aktuell.de. December 3, 2019, accessed March 12, 2019 .
  13. ↑ After unanswered personnel questions: Klinikum is optimistic about the new year in: Rhein-Zeitung , December 21, 2015
  14. ^ [1] in Rhein-Zeitung , December 15, 2017
  15. ↑ Citizens' forum for a say on Europe in the European Parliament , 7 April 2017
  16. ↑ The federal states in comparison in Mediendienst Integration, December 21, 2012
  17. ↑ New Year's Reception Advisory Board for Integration and Migration in Focus , February 8, 2018
  18. ↑ Supporters and advisors of Lord Mayor Joachim Hofmann-Göttig in www.hofmanngoettig.de
  19. ^ Election dates on the website of the city of Koblenz
  20. ↑ Candidacy : David Langner wants to be the next mayor , article in the Rhein-Zeitung Koblenz, October 5, 2016
  21. ↑ Judgment of the Administrative Court Koblenz from November 22, 2019 - 5 K 234 / 19.KO
  22. ^ State law on the State Treaty on the Sharing of Supply Burdens. June 15, 2010
  23. ↑ Statutes of the JoHo Schängel Foundation (PDF; 336 kB)
  24. ↑ Overview of photo columns in www.hofmanngoettig.de
  25. ↑ The JoHo Schängel Foundation is funding 16 projects this year with 11,900 euros in "Blick aktuell", April 21, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Hofmann-Göttig, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist, Lord Mayor of Koblenz
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig