Walter Braun (politician, 1930)

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Walter Braun (center) at the 30th federal meeting of Danzig in the Kiel Ostseehalle (1979)

Walter Braun (born August 6, 1930 in Singen am Hohentwiel ; † November 22, 2019 in Flintbek ) was a German politician ( CDU ).

He was Minister of Education from 1969 to 1979 and Minister of Social Affairs from 1979 to 1983 in Schleswig-Holstein .

Life and work

After graduating from high school in 1951 at Hegau-Gymnasium in Singen (Hohentwiel) , for which he was awarded the Scheffel Prize, Braun completed a degree in business administration at the Mannheim Business School , which he completed in 1955 with a degree in business administration . He then worked as a research assistant at the Mannheim Business School. 1958, also his promotion to Dr. rer. pole. with work The capacity of road hauliers . After completing his habilitation in 1964, from 1965 to 1966 he represented the chair for business administration at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . In 1966 he was appointed full professor here .

Walter Braun was married and has two children. He was a member of the Catholic student union K.St.V. Eckart Mannheim in the KV .

MP

From 1971 to 1987 Braun was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament . He has always entered the state parliament as a directly elected member of the Neumünster -Nord constituency .

Public offices

On November 3, 1969, Braun was appointed minister of education to the state government of Schleswig-Holstein led by Prime Minister Helmut Lemke . In this office he was also a member of the cabinet headed by Gerhard Stoltenberg since 1971 .

After the state elections in 1979, Braun was appointed Minister of Social Affairs on May 29, 1979. He initially retained this office under Prime Minister Uwe Barschel , who has been in office since 1982 . After the state election in 1983, however, he left the government on April 12, 1983.

Honors

See also

Web links

Commons : Walter Braun  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual proof

  1. ↑ Obituary in the FAZ, November 27, 2019
  2. ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 31, No. 19, January 27, 1979.
personal data
SURNAME Braun, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU), Member of the State Parliament, State Minister in Schleswig-Holstein
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Singing (Hohentwiel)
DATE OF DEATH 22nd November 2019
Place of death Flintbek