Werner Hackmann

Werner Hackmann (born April 17, 1947 in Hamburg ; † January 28, 2007 there ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and sports official . From 1988 to 1994 he was Senator Preses of the Ministry of the Interior in Hamburg, after having been a State Councilor in various authorities and Senate offices since 1981 . Hackmann was also president of the league association Die Liga - football association , chairman of the supervisory board of the German Football League (DFL) and vice-president of the German Football Association (DFB) from 2001 as a representative of Hamburger SV . On August 7, 2007 he was posthumously appointed first honorary president of the league association.

Career as a politician

Werner Hackmann 1981

Werner Hackmann, son of a master carpenter from Altengamme , first worked as a carpenter after graduating from high school in 1967. During his student days he became a member of the SPD in 1969. In 1972 he completed his studies with a degree in business administration and then worked for a year as a research assistant for the SPD parliamentary group. From 1973 to 1979 he was Hans-Ulrich Klose's personal advisor . In 1979 Hackmann became State Councilor , initially for the Senate Chancellery. From 1981 he held this office in various offices and authorities of the Hamburg Senate, most recently from 1987 to 1988 for the judicial authority, the Senate Office for administrative services and the Senate Office for District Affairs. In 1988 Hackmann became Hamburg's Senator for the Interior and was thus politically responsible for the police, fire brigade, the protection of the constitution, the state statistical office, the central office for residents and sport. During this time he had to deal with squatting on Hafenstrasse , the increase in organized crime and xenophobic attacks. In this situation, he prevented an international soccer match between Germany and England planned for April 20, 1994 because of concerns about riots on Hitler's birthday. He was considered very restrictive and resigned on September 12, 1994 after much hostility and as a result of the Hamburg police scandal . His resignation caused a national sensation; Hackmann wanted to "'set an example [...] against the spirit of the corps and racist attacks by the Hamburg police'." "With his resignation he was supposed to achieve what he had not succeeded in his term of office: 'That something was going on in the Hamburg police.'" Hartmuth Wrocklage became his successor on September 21, 1994 . From 1995 Hackmann worked first as a freelance political consultant, then as managing director of the security company "ASD Securicor".

Career as a sports official

From 1996 to 1997 Werner Hackmann was President of the Hamburger Sportbund before he moved to Hamburger SV as Managing Director . From July 31, 1998 to October 31, 1998 and from August 23, 1999 to October 31, 2002 Hackmann was chairman of the HSV board and from 1998 to 2000 he was also represented on the DFB League Committee. Hackmann had been chairman of the DFL supervisory board since December 18, 2000. At Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH, which is responsible for the operational business of German licensed football, he was supposed to represent professional football. At the DFB he had the following tasks: resolving fundamental issues between the DFB and the league association, representing the president in matters relating to the German national football team , international representation of paid football in the relevant committees of the European continental association UEFA and, if applicable, the world association FIFA .

Hackmann was often also directly involved in the German national soccer team. For example, he led the delegation on the national team's friendly trip to Asia in December 2004. As Vice President, Hackmann was one of the most important personalities of the German Football Association, along with DFB President Theo Zwanziger and DFB General Secretary Horst Schmidt .

illness

Werner Hackmann's grave in the Bergedorf cemetery in Hamburg.

At the end of 1999, the chain smoker had to have a malignant lung tumor removed. In the spring of 2006, a new carcinoma was found in his lungs and he underwent another operation on March 30th of the same year. On January 28, 2007, Werner Hackmann passed away as a complete surprise, as he did not see any deterioration in his health and two days earlier he had taken part as a delegate at the UEFA Congress in Düsseldorf .

Private

Hackmann had been married to his wife Ulla and father of two children since April 17, 1970. He found his final resting place in the Bergedorf cemetery in Hamburg.

Web links

Commons : Werner Hackmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• CV on the homepage of the Bundesliga
• Information on the DFB homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DIED: Werner Hackmann . In: Der Spiegel . No. 6 , 2007 ( online ).
2. ^ Thomas Wolgast : Mock executions in the Hamburg police station. Berliner Zeitung , March 3, 1995, accessed on January 27, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Ira von Mellenthin : The Lessons from the Police Scandal. Die Welt , March 5, 2001, accessed January 27, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Black hordes. Der Spiegel , September 19, 1994, accessed January 27, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Carsten Holm : REIF FOR THE CABARET. Der Spiegel , January 1, 1999, accessed February 1, 2016 . 
6. ↑ cit. after Gerda Maibach: Police officers and violence. Inside views from everyday police work. Rowohlt; Reinbek, 1996, p. 9. See also [1]
7. ^ The Hamburg tabloid press and the police. Die Zeit , August 16, 1996, accessed January 27, 2016 .