Roland Kohn
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Roland Kohn (born March 25, 1950 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a German publicist and politician ( FDP ). He is currently head of the FDP's “Freedom and Ethics” commission.
Life and work
After graduating from high school in 1969, Kohn studied philosophy and political science at the University of Mannheim under Hans Albert , Georg Geismann and Max Kaase , which he completed with a Magister Artium (MA). He then worked as a research assistant and journalist, mainly in the role of the author of articles in liberal papers. After leaving the Bundestag in 1998, he worked as a freelance consultant for political communication.
In 1994, Kohn was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany with the Order of Merit . He has been married since 1973.
politics
Kohn has been a member of the FDP since 1969. From 1980 to 1991 he was chairman of the FDP district association Kurpfalz and worked from 1980 to 1983 as press spokesman for the FDP state association in Baden-Württemberg . From 1987 to 1995 he was a member of the state board of the FDP Baden-Württemberg, from 1991 to 1995 state chairman of the party and from 1992 to 1995 a member of the FDP federal board . In the federal election in 1983 he was elected to the German Bundestag , to which he was a member until 1998. He always entered parliament via the Baden-Württemberg state list .
Furthermore, Kohn is a member of the board of trustees of the President Friedrich-Ebert-Gedenkstätte Foundation and a member of the Board of Directors of the Reinhold Maier Foundation . He was also a member of the board of trustees of the Wolf-Erich-Kellner Memorial Foundation . In 2008 he became Vice President of the Association of Former Members of the German Bundestag and the European Parliament .
Since 2011, Kohn has been chairman of the FDP's "Freedom and Ethics" policy committee.
Documents about his activities as a member of the German Bundestag and for the FDP from 1982 to 1998 are in the archive of liberalism of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Gummersbach .
Fonts
- Economy and society - thinking about freedom. In: Peter Altmiks / Jürgen Morlok (eds.): Another chance for the social market economy? Olzog, Munich 2012.
- Parliamentarism - analog obsolete model in a digital world? In: Roland A. Kohn / Mike Friedrichsen (Ed.): Digital Politics Mediation - Opportunities and Risks of Interactive Media. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2015.
- Another chance for the liberals? (1993). In: Jochen Merkle (Ed.): Südwest-Liberalismus - Documents from seven decades. Reinhold Maier Foundation, Stuttgart 2015.
- with Bernhard Labudek: human dignity, humanity and self-determination - care, palliative medicine, terminal care. Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Berlin 2015.
literature
- Roland Kohn in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available) 28/1995 from July 3, 1995.
Web links
Wolfgang Haußmann (1952–1964) | Hermann Saam (1964–1967) | Hermann Müller (1967–1971) | Karl Moersch (1971–1974) | Martin Bangemann (1974–1978) | Jürgen Morlok (1978–1985) | Walter Döring (1985–1988) | Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel (1988–1990) | Georg Gallus (1990–1991, executive) | Roland Kohn (1991–1995) | Walter Döring (1995-2004) | Birgit Homburger (2004–2013) | Michael Theurer (since 2013)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kohn, Roland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publicist and politician (FDP / DVP), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigshafen am Rhein |