Willibald help
Willibald Hilf (born May 26, 1931 in Niederlahnstein ; † August 8, 2004 in Baden-Baden ) was director of Südwestfunk (SWF) from 1977 to 1993 . From 1986 to 1987 he was chairman of the ARD .
Life
Hilf was born in Niederlahnstein in 1931 as the son of a retail salesman. In 1948 he joined the Junge Union. After graduating from high school, he studied law at the University of Mainz and at the University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer.
From 1959 to 1969 he was the parliamentary manager of the Rhineland-Palatinate CDU parliamentary group. From 1963 to 1969 and for a short time in 1971 and 1975, the lawyer was a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament for the CDU and from 1969 to 1976 as State Secretary, head of the State Chancellery in Mainz. He was a close confidante of Helmut Kohl .
Since his student days, Hilf was an active member of the Catholic student association K.St.V. Ketteler Mainz in KV .
Because of its sometimes pastoral nature, scoffers called the SWF broadcasting house during his tenure as the "Willibald-Hilf-Cathedral St. Megaherz".
The Franco-German culture channel ARTE was co-designed by Hilf. Hilf was instrumental in removing Franz Alt as moderator and head of the political magazine Report Mainz .
Help was the godfather of Peter Kohl (entrepreneur) , the youngest son of Helmut Kohl.
Honors
- 1982: Order of the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
- 1989: Large Federal Cross of Merit
literature
- Heribert Schwan: The woman at his side. Life and Suffering of Hannelore Kohl, Munich 2011.
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| SURNAME | Help, Willibald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), MdL and director of the Südwestfunk (SWF) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niederlahnstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 2004 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |