Walter Bersch

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Walter Bersch

Walter Bersch (born April 7, 1954 in Boppard ) is a German politician ( SPD ). In 1994 he was briefly a member of the German Bundestag and since 1997 he has been mayor of the city of Boppard.

Life

Bersch grew up in today's Boppard district of Oppenhausen . He passed the Abitur at the Johannes-Gymnasium in Lahnstein . He studied political science with a diploma, education with a doctorate , law and economics at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and at the Philipps-Universität Marburg . Bersch is married and has two children.

Political activities

Bersch has been a member of the SPD since 1973 . He is also a member of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt , the Ver.di trade union , the Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany and the Boppard Adult Education Center. From 1984 to 1997 he was mayor of the local district Oppenhausen and moved in 1994 as substitutes for the retired deputies Ralf Walter as a member of the German Bundestag, which he by the end of this legislative period belonged. Since 1999 he has been a member of the district council of the Rhein-Hunsrück district and from 2000 to 2006 he was chairman of the “Forum Mittelrheintal eV”.

Bersch has been mayor of the city of Boppard since August 1, 1997. He was elected on November 17, 1996 with 56.8% of the valid votes. He was re-elected on April 10, 2005 with 57.2% and on November 4, 2012 with 54.3% of the votes. This third election was declared invalid on July 2, 2013 by the Koblenz Administrative Court (file number 1 K 62 / 13.KO) because seven local councilors had publicly recommended voting for Bersch and, in the opinion of the court, this represented an impermissible official influence. Bersch thereupon waived legal remedies and a legally possible reappointment, but at the same time announced that he wanted to run again. His second term of office ended on July 31, 2013 and the official business was temporarily continued by the first deputy . In the runoff election for the mayor's office on October 6, 2013, Bersch prevailed again against his challenger from the CDU. His third term began on October 15, 2013.

Publications

  • Worker Consciousness and Worker Education in the Countryside , Verlag Workers' Movement and Social Sciences, Marburg 1985 ( Dissertation 1984)
  • Walter Bersch (editor): Against violence, racism and right-wing extremism , SPD parliamentary group, Bonn 1993

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (ed.), Bruno Jahn (collaborator): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 61.
  2. ^ Result of the mayoral election on November 4th, 2012. City of Boppard, accessed November 5, 2012 .
  3. ↑ VG Koblenz press release No. 22/2013. (No longer available online.) VG Koblenz, archived from the original on October 4, 2013 ; Retrieved July 22, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Bersch refuses appointment: Boppard re-elects. (No longer available online.) Rhein-Zeitung, July 15, 2013, archived from the original on August 20, 2013 ; Retrieved August 9, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Boppard Mayor Bersch hands over official business. Rhein-Zeitung, July 31, 2013, accessed on August 9, 2013 .
  6. ↑ Now, after all, Bersch: the mayor's runoff election in Boppard decided. Rhein-Zeitung, October 6, 2013, accessed on August 9, 2020 .

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SURNAME Bersch, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Boppard