Otto Esser
Otto Esser (born June 1, 1917 in Düren , † November 28, 2004 in Erlenbach am Main ) was the German employer president .
Esser initially worked in his father's trading company. In 1942 he joined the management team at Enka Glanzstoff AG in Wuppertal . After 30 years, he moved to the chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck in Darmstadt in 1972 as a personally liable partner .
From 1965 to 1978 Esser was chairman of the board in the working group of employers' associations in the chemical industry in Bavaria .
Esser temporarily succeeded Hanns Martin Schleyer after he was murdered by the RAF . On March 16, 1978 he was elected BDA President and held this position until December 10, 1986. His successor was Klaus Murmann . Esser remained honorary president of the BDA from 1986 until his death. Esser was also an honorary member of the Christian-conservative study center Weikersheim .
Esser commented on a ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court from 1979 on the Codetermination Act :
“ The Federal Constitutional Court has determined that the Codetermination Act is compatible with the Basic Law, and we will of course respect this decision. Because of the demarcation made in the judgment, the decision cannot be understood as a constitutional certificate of non-objection for further union ideas of participation. "
This is still essentially the status quo of the socio-political debate about the co-determination policy of the unions in companies.
Former BDA President Dieter Hundt described Esser as "a man who vigorously defended his interests but always saw the other side as a partner".
Otto Esser was regarded as an excellent expert on the cities, castles and ruins on the Rhine .
Honors
- 1981: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1987: Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1989: Heinz Herbert Karry Prize
Web links
- Otto Esser in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Literature by and about Otto Esser in the catalog of the German National Library
Walter Raymond (1949–1954) | Hans Constantin Paulssen (1954–1964) | Siegfried Balke (1964–1969) | Otto A. Friedrich (1969–1973) | Hanns Martin Schleyer (1973–1977) | Otto Esser (1977–1986) | Klaus Murmann (1986–1996) | Dieter Hundt (1996–2013) | Ingo Kramer (since 2013)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Esser, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German employer president |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Düren |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 2004 |
| Place of death | Erlenbach , Odenwald |