Karl Kerschgens
Karl Kerschgens (born October 12, 1939 in Mariadorf ) is a German theologian and politician ( B'90 / Greens ).
Life and work
After attending elementary school in Mariadorf and graduating from high school in Alsdorf in 1959 , Kerschgens began studying Catholic theology at the universities in Bonn and Freiburg im Breisgau , which he completed in 1963 with the ecclesiastical-theological exam and the presbytery exam. He then entered the pastoral ministry, was active in the parish pastoral care from 1965 to 1968 and completed a degree in Romance Philology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich by 1970 . From 1971 to 1982 he worked as a career advisor for high school graduates and college students at the employment office in Darmstadt . In 1977 he was given a teaching position at the University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer .
Kerschgens has been involved in the Federation for Environment and Nature Conservation Germany (BUND) since 1976 and was its deputy state chairman in Hesse from 1989 to 1991 . In 1990 he was one of the founders of the "Leben nach Tschernobyl" association in Frankfurt am Main , was initially its deputy chairman and was elected chairman in 1994.
Political party
In the 1970s, Kerschgens worked in the ecumenical working group “ Living Without Armaments ” and in 1978 ran for the Hessian state parliament through the Green List of Hesse (GLH), of which he temporarily held the state chairmanship. At the same time he was involved in the Action Group for Independent Germans (AUD) and was also its state chairman in Hesse in 1978/79. As a proponent of a Christian environmental policy, 1979 belonged to the founding members of the Hessian GRÜNEN and 1979/80 was a member of the federal executive committee of the party. In the mid-1980s he was an opponent of a collaboration with the Hessian SPD state association. That is why he left the green parliamentary group.
MP
From 1982 until his resignation on April 15, 1985, Kerschgens was a member of the Hessian state parliament and there 1982/83 deputy chairman of the GREEN parliamentary group. In 1991 he was re-elected to the state parliament, to which he belonged until 1995. During this term he was vice chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development. He was also a member of the Seeheim-Jugenheim community from 1989 to 1991 .
Public offices
From 1985 to 1987, Kerschgens served as State Secretary in the Ministry for Environment and Energy in the government of the State of Hesse led by Prime Minister Holger Börner .
See also
literature
- Jochen Lengemann : The Hessen Parliament 1946–1986 . Biographical handbook of the advisory state committee, the state assembly advising the constitution and the Hessian state parliament (1st – 11th electoral period). Ed .: President of the Hessian State Parliament. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-14330-0 , p. 297 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).
- Jochen Lengemann: MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 210.
Web links
- Biography at the Heinrich Böll Foundation
- Interview with Kerschgens about the first green government participation in Hesse, October 1985
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kerschgens, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and politician (B'90 / Greens), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mariadorf |