Joachim Günther (politician, 1948)

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Joachim Günther (born October 22, 1948 in Syrau , Vogtland ) is a German politician ( LDPD / FDP ). From 1991 to 1998 he was Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development .

Life

education and profession

After attending secondary school with vocational training as a mechanical engineer , Günther completed an engineering degree in Chemnitz specializing in mechanical engineering / construction, which he completed in 1970 as a graduate engineer. He then worked as a designer in an engineering office. A 1977 begun distance education of business law at the German Academy of Law and Political Science "Walter Ulbricht" he finished 1982 as diploma -Wirtschaftler.

Political party

In 1971 Günther became a member of the LDPD. He later became LDPD district secretary in Oelsnitz, Saxony . From 1985 to 1990 he was secretary of the LDPD district association Plauen and from February to August 1990 chief executive officer of the LDPD and from March 1990 of the Federation of Free Democrats .

From 1990 to 1995 he was chairman of the FDP regional association in Saxony . In some media, his career was used to exemplify how old GDR functionaries from the second and third tier found accommodation in the FDP after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

From 2000 to April 2007 Günther was deputy state chairman. From 1990 to 1994 he was also a member of the presidium of the FDP. Since 1995 he has been chairman of the FDP district association Vogtland .

Member of Parliament

Günther was a member of the German Bundestag from 1990 to 2013 . Here he was briefly from January 15 to 28, 1991 Parliamentary Managing Director of the FDP parliamentary group . From 2002 he was spokesman for the FDP parliamentary group for housing policy and construction in the East .

Joachim Günther has always entered the Bundestag via the Saxony state list. His constituency is Vogtland - Plauen .

Due to the failure of his party to pass the five percent hurdle in the 2013 Bundestag election , he is no longer represented in the 18th Bundestag.

Public offices

On January 24, 1991 he was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Spatial Planning, Building and Urban Development in the Federal Government led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl . After the 1998 Bundestag election , he left office on October 26, 1998.

Other engagement

Günther was a “voluntary helper of the People's Police ” and, according to his own statements, originally intended to “take on an optional function in the state apparatus” after completing his studies.

Private

Günther is married and has three children. He lives in Theuma .

Political positions

Call for a media boycott

In January 2012 Günther published on his homepage under the title “Ignore media hate speech? I am so free ”a call to boycott critical newspapers and broadcasters. In this Günther operated very emphatically " media scolding ". He referred to Federal President Christian Wulff , "whom the pack of journalists rushes like a mangy fox over all the front pages and through all television programs because he is said to have taken advantage of discounts". Günther explained that everyone else would do that, including journalists. He took the view that the media “temporarily (can) suggest to us that we are no longer even allowed to build a new, modern train station in Germany . Not to mention a wide variety of bridge, road and power line construction projects. "

He firmly took the view that the media were following the politics of the liberals z. B. misrepresent in the financial transaction tax or data retention . He also declared "that we as liberals are ending the game that the press across Germany has been imposing on us for months". Media with “left-green hysteria reporting” would have too much power. Günther continued:

“Who will stop this campaign madness? As long as we, as newspaper readers, radio listeners and television viewers, continue to be led by the nose, nothing will change. Until then, we will continue to receive mainly negative headlines and reports that have the whiff of a scandal - from world and federal politics, by the way, as well as from local events. "

- Joachim Günther

He called for the "misleading" media to be boycotted:

“Now you cannot simply ask immoral and incompetent journalists to resign. But you can unsubscribe from newspapers and no longer switch on radio and television stations. I am sure that things would change in the media area then. But that requires consensus among consumers and a certain amount of values. From my point of view, it's about humanity, democracy and self-respect. "

- Joachim Günther

At the same time, he sent his liberal MPs colleagues and a number of Union MPs an identical letter. He called on the addressees to spread the call for a boycott.

The FDP leadership then expressly distanced itself from Günther's statements.

Cabinets

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c cf. z. B. Parties Reliable Supports spiegel.de, September 12, 1994 , accessed on June 14, 2012
  2. ↑ cf. z. B. FDP hostage of the newcomers - With the Liberals, old cadres from the former bloc parties are increasingly prevailing. spiegel.de, November 11, 1991 , accessed June 14, 2012
  3. ↑ Liberals in the Crisis FDP MP calls for a media boycott spiegel.de, January 23, 2012 , accessed on June 14, 2012.
  4. ↑ a b c “Ignore media hate speech? I am so free ”, quoted after For an FDP member of the Bundestag, the media incitement is to blame for the state of the party, Telepolis, January 23, 2012 , accessed on June 14, 2012.
  5. ↑ a b Newsletter from Joachim Günther-FDP-politician calls for a media boycott on fr-online.de, January 23, 2012 , accessed on June 14, 2012.
  6. ↑ a b Call for a media boycott FDP top irons MP Günther from spiegel.de, January 23, 2012 , accessed on June 14, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Günther, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Syrau , Vogtland