Philipp von Brandenstein
Philipp Wolf Christoph Freiherr von Brandenstein (born February 20, 1976 in Munich ) is a German publicist and university lecturer . From 2007 to 2009 he was Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's personal advisor , and from 2008 he was also head of strategy and communication for the CSU state management.
Life
The son of a historian comes from a side branch of the Brandenstein family in Thuringia . He attended the Melanchthon-Gymnasium in Nuremberg and from 1997 studied history, political science, languages, economics, cultural studies and Latin American studies at the University of Passau , which he graduated in 2003 with a diploma in cultural studies and at the same time from 2001 - 2002 at the Universidad del Salvador Licenciado , at the Facultad de Economía, from which he graduated with a German-Argentine double diploma. There he also became a member of the Corps Budissa-Leipzig in Passau . He then worked for international private companies.
Work for the CSU and Guttenberg
Brandenstein had already been a member of the Junge Union as a teenager . From January 2007 he started working for his childhood friend Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg as an office manager and speechwriter and soon became the leading chief strategist of the CSU , where he wanted to strategically counteract the increasing shift to the right and the party's criticism of Europe and thus with the conservative line of the then CSU manager Markus Zorzi got into conflict. At the end of 2008, he wrote a confidential strategy paper that provided for a reorientation of the party away from the strict anti-Turkey course. According to him, it was leaked to the evening paper a few hours later , although only a few people knew it, but initially not printed. A few days later, the same newspaper published a student photo showing Brandenstein as a 14-year-old with beer-drinking friends. All the boys raised their glasses and waved at the camera. Brandenstein's hand gesture was interpreted by the press as a Hitler salute. The result was a violent scandal. Brandenstein resolutely denied any right-wing convictions whatsoever and blamed CSU internal intrigues, which were mainly intended to affect his friend and boss at the time. He named Markus Söder as the main initiator of the whole thing . Guttenberg nevertheless dismissed him with immediate effect. The new CSU strategy paper on the new Turkey policy appeared shortly afterwards in the evening paper, without naming the author. As a result, Brandenstein resigned from the CSU after the action and began to publicly publish critical articles on current politics in left and liberal media such as MiGAZIN , The European , IP and on his own blog.
aftermath
During the Guttenberg plagiarism affair , Brandenstein was repeatedly suspected by various media (including authors of the GuttenPlag Wiki ) of having been the actual secret writer of the doctoral thesis. Brandenstein denied this.
"During my service time I helped to turn a backbencher into a front-row politician - there was enough to do."
Subsequent career
He continued his studies at the Free University of Berlin, did his dissertation there and then moved to Switzerland with his family. Since 2016 he has been a professor for political science, international relations and international economics at the PHW Bern . Brandenstein has two children and lives near Zurich .
Artistic reception
The film character Max Drexel , (played by Johann von Bülow ) from the TV satire Der Minister , who writes a sloppy doctoral thesis for the main character Franz Ferdinand von und zu Donnersberg (played by Kai Schumann ) out of overload and then pierces the media as this one drops it is said to have been modeled on it.
In the book Ich war Guttenberg's Ghost - a satire , the first-person narrator under the pseudonym Norbert Hoppe tells how he, who has been friends with Guttenberg since childhood, got a job with him and wrote the dissertation. The author uses elements from Brandenstein's biography in the design of his person, but also mentions him by name throughout in the form of swipes and allusions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brandenstein's statement on the events
- ↑ http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/csu-soeder-guttenberg-und-der-intrigantenstadl-1.458241
- ↑ http://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/tid-17498/kommentar-spionagethriller-im-seehofer-buero_aid_488140.html
- ↑ http://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/bayern/nazigeste-csu-stratege-wegen-hitlergruss-ent Klassen_aid_354703.html
- ↑ http://de.guttenplag.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Wer_findet_den_Ghostwriter%3F?useskin=oasis
- ↑ https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/guttenberg-plagiats-affaere-geisterjagd-1.1062571
- ↑ https://meedia.de/2011/02/24/guttenberg-die-wilden-ghostwriter-theorien/
- ↑ https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/guttenberg-plagiats-affaere-geisterjagd-1.1062571
- ↑ https://www.heise.de/tp/news/Mit-Brille-Geld-und-Gel-2114075.html
- ↑ https://www.kiwi-verlag.de/buch/ich-war-guttenbergs-ghost/978-3-462-04435-5/
Web links
- Brandenstein's blog
- Brandenstein's lecturer profile at the PHW Bern
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brandenstein, Philipp von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brandenstein, Philipp Christoph Wolf Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publicist and university lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |