Werner Scherer
Werner Scherer (born April 30, 1928 in Neunkirchen , † October 27, 1985 ibid) was a German politician ( CVP , CDU ). From 1965 to 1977 and from 1984 to 1985 he was State Minister of Saarland .
Early years and profession
After attending elementary school and the state advanced school, Scherer took part in the Second World War as an air force helper from 1944 to 1945. After the end of the war he attended the Staatliche Realgymnasium in Ottweiler , after a two-year traineeship he became a local editor for a Saarbrücken daily newspaper in 1951 and later became an editor for politics and economics there.
Political party
Scherer was initially a member of the Christian People's Party (CVP) , which merged with the CDU Saar in 1959 . He thus became a member of the CDU and also joined the Junge Union , whose state chairman in Saarland he was from 1960 to 1963. From 1967 to 1974 he was chairman of the CDU district association Neunkirchen and from March 11, 1973 to November 25, 1977 regional chairman of the CDU Saar. After the CDU was defeated in the state elections, he was again chairman of the CDU regional association in June 1985 and remained so until his sudden death.
MP
Scherer was first elected to the Saarland state parliament for the CVP in 1955 , to which he then belonged until his death. He advocated the accession of the Saarland to the Federal Republic of Germany . In 1963 he became chairman of the committee for cultural policy and youth issues and from October 1981 to July 1984 he was chairman of the CDU parliamentary group.
Public offices
On July 19, 1965, Scherer was appointed to the state government led by Prime Minister Franz-Josef Röder as Saarland's minister of culture and left office on December 7, 1977 for health reasons. He later belonged again to the state government and served from July 10, 1984 to April 9, 1985 as Minister of the Interior in the Christian-Liberal coalition led by Prime Minister Werner Zeyer .
Honors
- 1972: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1975: Great Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1975: Saarland Order of Merit
Individual evidence
- ^ Announcement of awards of the Saarland Order of Merit . In: Head of the State Chancellery (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Saarland . No. 34 . Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH, Saarbrücken July 11, 1975, p. 870 ( uni-saarland.de [PDF; accessed on May 25, 2017]).
Web links
- Alexa Himbert-Schäfer: Werner Scherer . Saarland biographies
See also: Cabinet Röder III , Cabinet Röder IV , Cabinet Röder V , Cabinet Röder VI , Cabinet Zeyer III
Emil Straus | Eugen Meyer | Franz Singer | Johannes Hoffmann | Paul Schütz | Egon Reinert | Franz-Josef Röder | Werner Scherer | Josef Jochem | Wolfgang Knies | Gerhard Zeitel | Diether Breitenbach | Marianne Granz (education), Diether Breitenbach (science) | Henner Whiting | Jürgen Schreier | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (education), Joachim Rippel (science) | Klaus Kessler (education), Christoph Hartmann (science), Karl Rauber (culture) | Klaus Kessler (education), Christoph Hartmann (science), Stephan Toscani (culture) | Ulrich Commerçon (education and culture), Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (science) | Ulrich Commerçon (education and culture), Tobias Hans (science) | Christine Streichert-Clivot (Education and Culture), Tobias Hans (Science)
Hubert Ney (1952–1957) | Egon Reinert (1957–1959) | Franz-Josef Röder (1959–1973) | Werner Scherer (1973–1977) | Werner Zeyer (1978–1985) | Werner Scherer (1985) | Peter Jacoby (1986–1990) | Klaus Töpfer (1990–1995) | Peter Müller (1995-2011) | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (2011–2018) | Tobias Hans (since 2018)
Wilhelm Kratz (1956–1957) | Erwin Albrecht (1957) | Josef Schmitt (1957–1959) | Walter Lorang (1959–1961) | Franz Schneider (1961–1965) | Jakob Feller (1965–1970) | Alfred Wilhelm (1970–1973) | Konrad Schön (1973–1974) | Ferdi Behles (1974–1977) | Berthold Budell (1977–1980) | Ferdi Behles (1980–1981) | Werner Scherer (1981–1984) | Günther Schacht (1984–1985) | Günther Schwarz (1985–1990) | Peter Jacoby (1990-1994) | Peter Müller (1994-1999) | Peter Hans (1999–2007) | Jürgen Schreier (2007–2009) | Klaus Meiser (2009–2015) | Tobias Hans (2015–2018) | Alexander Funk (since 2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scherer, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and politician (CVP, CDU), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neunkirchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1985 |
| Place of death | Neunkirchen |