Otti Geschka

Otti Geschka on a CDU election poster for the state election in Hesse in 1991

Ottilia "Otti" Geschka (born Bördner, born December 27, 1939 in Selters (Taunus) - Haintchen ) is a German CDU politician and former State Secretary. D. She lives in Darmstadt . Geschka is a pediatric nurse .

She began her political activities in 1968/71 as a member of the municipal council in Bauschheim . From 1972 to 1978 she was a member of the Groß-Gerau district assembly , including as deputy chairwoman of the CDU district assembly. After moving from Rüsselsheim to Nauheim , she was a member of the community council for two years .

For the CDU in Darmstadt , she was a member of the Hessian state parliament from December 1, 1978 to April 27, 1987 and then moved to the Hessian state government as State Secretary , where she was authorized representative for women's affairs until February 12, 1991. After the state elections in Hesse in 1991 she was again a member of the state parliament and deputy chairwoman of the CDU parliamentary group until 1993 . She ran in the constituency of Darmstadt-Stadt I , but was always elected from the CDU state list. From January 1, 1993 to December 31, 1999, she was Lord Mayor of the Opel city of Rüsselsheim and thus Hesse's first female mayor. From 1986 to 1990 and from 1996 to 2002 she was deputy state chairwoman and from 2000 to 2001 general secretary of the CDU Hessen .

In addition, she has carried out the following functions: since 1980 deputy state chairwoman of the CDU Women's Union of Hesse and since 1986 chairwoman of the Office for Citizenship Women's Work

She was a founding member of donum vitae and was an active member of the federal board until 2019

Honors

In 1983 she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.
In 2013 she was awarded the Elisabeth Selbert Prize .
In 2014 she was honored by the CDU regional association with the Alfred Dregger Medal in gold.

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. 264 ( 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. 143.

Web links

Commons : Otti Geschka - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Generation change at the top. Retrieved December 20, 2019 .
↑ Secretary General Manfred Pentz: "Three outstanding personalities honored with the Alfred Dregger Medal in gold". CDU Hessen, December 9, 2014, archived from the original on April 18, 2015 ; accessed on July 1, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Geschka, Otti
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Geschka, Ottilia (full name); Bördner, Ottilia (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CDU), Member of the State Parliament and State Secretary
DATE OF BIRTH	December 27, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Selters (Taunus) - Haintchen

[1] Generation change at the top. Retrieved December 20, 2019 .

[2] Secretary General Manfred Pentz: "Three outstanding personalities honored with the Alfred Dregger Medal in gold". CDU Hessen, December 9, 2014, archived from the original on April 18, 2015 ; accessed on July 1, 2018 .