Lutz Johannsen

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Lutz Johannsen (2010)

Lutz Johannsen (born June 24, 1960 in Münnerstadt / Lower Franconia, nee Streit, formerly Kretschmann-Johannsen) is a German politician ( SPD ). From 1997 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2008 he was a member of the Hamburg Parliament . Since 1998 he has been campaigning against AIDS .

Life

Lutz Johannsen graduated from secondary school in Sankt Peter-Ording in 1977 and then began an apprenticeship as a cook in Westerdeichstrich near Büsum.

Then he did his military service in the naval supply school (List on Sylt). From 1983 he attended the hotel management school in Hamburg, which he graduated in 1985 as a business economist in the hotel and restaurant trade, at the same time he took the examination for secondary school leaving certificate and passed his trainer aptitude test. From 1986–1992 he worked as head waiter, restaurant director and catering manager. In 1992, together with Willi Prange, he founded the "big spender eV" as a project that acquired donations in the sense of fundraising for AIDS aid projects. From 1994 to 1996 Lutz Johannsen was the office manager of “big spender eV”.

In 2004 Lutz Johannsen entered into a civil partnership with his long-term partner Uwe Johannsen. At times he had the double name Kretschmann-Johannsen. Since 2008 he only bears the name Johannsen. In November 2017, he entered into marriage for everyone with his partner.

politics

In the 1997 state election campaign, Johannsen became election campaign leader of the SPD Hamburg . The outcome of the election brought him into the Hamburg state parliament, the Hamburg citizenship.

As the first openly homosexual member of an SPD parliamentary group, he performed a. a. a contribution to the gender equality policy of homosexual women and men in Hamburg. During the 16th legislative period (1997-2001) z. For example, under the red-green Senate, based on a joint initiative by the SPD and the GAL, the citizenship decided on the legal institution of " Hamburg marriage ". The “Hamburg marriage” is considered to be the first forerunner of the Civil Partnership Act and marriage for all. Advances in equality for homosexual couples have also been achieved with regard to the right to information in hospitals and the right of residence for binational couples.

After the 2001 general election, he failed to move back in, but succeeded again in 2004. From 2001 to 2004 Lutz Johannsen was a member of the deputation of the Hamburg Authority for Environment and Health (BUG). From 2000 to 2008 he was a member of the district board of the SPD St. Georg, from 2001 to 2006 he was the state chairman of the "State Working Group of Lesbians and Gays in the SPD Hamburg" ( Schwusos ), from 2005 to 2011 Lutz Johannsen was a board member of the "Bürgererverein von 1860 to Sankt Georg eV “. Since 2008 he has been a member of the supervisory board of "AIDS-Hilfe Hamburg eV". Since October 2014 he has been the chairman of the board of the "Hamburgische Regenbogenstiftung", the support foundation of "AIDS-Hilfe Hamburg eV"

Since his re-entry into the Hamburg citizenship in 2004 and the takeover of government by Ole von Beust (CDU), Lutz Johannsen has continued to be involved in the opposition against the standstill in gender equality policy. He condemned the cuts in the Hamburg AIDS prevention program. In the Hamburg SPD parliamentary group, he was the specialist spokesman for lesbians and gays. From the beginning of the 18th electoral term until the end of October 2005, Lutz Johannsen held the position of health policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group, in which he a. a. campaigned against the sale of the state hospital. In 2008, Johannsen no longer ran for the state election.

Orders and awards

Former German President Johannes Rau has awarded Lutz Johannsen the Federal Cross of Merit on the ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany . On March 4, 2003, Lutz Johannsen received the Cross of Merit from Hamburg's First Mayor, Ole von Beust, in the town hall.

With this award, Rau honored Johannsen's merits in the field of AIDS prevention and support for AIDS aid projects. Lutz Johannsen is one of the initiators and founders of the largest fundraiser association for AIDS aid projects in Germany, "big spender eV". After it was founded, Lutz Johannsen led the association first as chairman of the board, then as office manager.

Memberships

  • St. Georg citizens' association from 1860
  • Hamburg Pride eV
  • AIDS-Hilfe Hamburg eV
  • Hamburg Rainbow Foundation

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personal data
SURNAME Johannsen, Lutz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Streit, Lutz (maiden name); Kretschmann-Johannsen, Lutz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdHB
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Münnerstadt