Norbert Raeder

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Norbert Raeder (* 1968 in Berlin ) is a German pub owner and politician from Berlin. From 1994 to 2008 he was a member of the party Die Grauen - Graue Panther (GRAUE) and from October 2007 to January 2008 its national chairman. On March 1, he founded the party Die Grauen - Generation Party , which saw itself as the successor to his previous party. Until October 2009 he was also its federal chairman.

Family and professional career

Raeder is a trained pharmacist , former operator of the Joe am Wedding disco and runs the “Kastanienwäldchen” restaurant in the Reinickendorf district of Berlin . He grew up in the Wedding district in a parental home that saw his political home with the SPD .

Political career

Career in state politics (1994-2007)

Raeder came to the Grays as head of the Joe disco in Wedding. There he held tea dances on Sunday afternoons. A dozen older people came to thank them with chocolate for the change. According to his own statements, Raeder was so touched that he decided to get involved with the elderly. In 1994 Raeder joined the GRAUEN. Within his party, Raeder first rose to become state chairman in Berlin. While the party had only eight members when he joined the party in Berlin, the number there rose to around 500 in the following years. This was also reflected in the election results: From 1995 onwards, the party regularly achieved results that were above one percent in Berlin parliamentary elections.

In the Berlin election of 2006, the GRAUEN achieved their best state election result in their history with 3.8%; The party was also successful in the district council elections that took place at the same time: there, for example, competed in eight out of twelve districts; In all cases she managed to move in by overcoming the 3% hurdle that applies there. In Reinickendorf she achieved seven percent and four seats. Until 2011 Raeder, who was also the district chairman of the Reinickendorf district association, was a member of the local district council and chairman of the parliamentary group. Among other things, Raeder fights against the smoking ban in pubs. On January 9, 2007, he was a guest on the ARD show Menschen bei Maischberger ; the theme was The Gray Revolution: Are We Ready for the Old Republic?

Federal Chairman and founding of a successor party (since 2007)

In October 2007 he became national chairman of his party as the successor to the long-time incumbent and party founder Trude Unruh . At the same time, however, the GRAUEN got into a donation affair, whereupon they decided to dissolve them in March 2008. For this reason, Raeder resigned from his position as federal chairman in January after only four months. He announced the establishment of a successor party called The Gray - Generations Party , which took place on March 1, 2008. For this reason, he was expelled from the party at the beginning of March, two weeks before the dissolution came into force.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The direct candidates for the House of Representatives at a glance . In: Der Tagesspiegel . October 8, 1999 ( online [accessed November 24, 2014]).
  2. ↑ a b Arine Bemmer: The rise of the elderly Der Tagesspiegel September 19, 2006
  3. ↑ a b c d Johannes Gernert: The young old people are euphoric . In: taz . September 19, 2006 ( online [accessed July 8, 2008]).
  4. ↑ a b c d e The Grays Carry On The federal association dissolves due to debts in the millions, but a successor party is founded in Berlin . In: Der Tagesspiegel . February 28, 2008 ( online [accessed July 6, 2008]).
  5. ↑ The Gray Revolution: Are We Ready for the Old Republic? In: ARD . January 9, 2007 ( online [accessed July 8, 2008]).
  6. ↑ The grays exclude ex-federal chairman Raeder Massive party-damaging behavior accused - horror shortly before self-dissolution . In: pr-inside.com . March 4, 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Raeder, Norbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German restaurateur and politician (GRAUE)
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin