Wolfgang Fürniß

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Wolfgang Fürniß (born July 8, 1944 in Heidelberg ; † April 21, 2017 in Hamburg ) was a German politician ( CDU ). In 1999 he became Minister of Economics of Brandenburg ; In 2002 he resigned from the office. Because of fraud , he was sentenced in 2015 in Heidelberg to three years imprisonment.

Life

Fürniß studied political science, English and history at the University of Heidelberg from 1966 to 1971 . As a student he became a member of the Junge Union . After completing his second state examination in 1973, he worked for the state of Baden-Württemberg until 1984 . He worked for Roman Herzog and Lothar Späth , among others . 1975-1984 he was also alderman of the CDU faction in Wiesloch.

From 1984 to 1992 he was Lord Mayor of Wiesloch . He then became a general representative for training and further education at SAP AG in Walldorf . In 1997 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the promotion of physical activity as a task of public services at the Institute for Sport and Sports Science of the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Heidelberg University . In 1998 he ran unsuccessfully for the post of Lord Mayor of the city of Heidelberg, losing in the first ballot to Wolfgang Lachenauer ("The Heidelberger") and the incumbent Beate Weber (SPD). A few years later it became known that Fürniß had illegally held the title of professor during the election campaign, which prompted the Heidelberg public prosecutor to investigate.

In 1999 he was appointed Minister of Economics to Manfred Stolpe's cabinet in Brandenburg . From 2001 to 2004 he was regional chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Brandenburg. During his time as Minister of Economics, he made headlines about major projects such as the chip factory in Frankfurt (Oder) or Cargolifter . He resigned from his ministerial post in 2002 after it became public that he had received a personal loan of $ 1.5 million from a major investor in the United Arab Emirates .

On October 17, 2014 Fürniß was in Hamburg because of "strong suspicion of fraud" in custody taken. According to newspaper reports from January 2014, he is said to have cheated investors and acquaintances with invented stories and false promises of returns for around 800,000 euros. Among other things, he is said to have lured the injured party with supposedly absolutely safe investments. In December 2014, the public prosecutor's office brought charges against Fürniß for commercial fraud before the Heidelberg Regional Court . Fürniß was released before the trial began. On March 11, 2015, the trial began at the Heidelberg Regional Court. Fürniß admitted in court that he had cheated friends and acquaintances out of almost 500,000 euros. The district court sentenced him to three years imprisonment on April 15, 2015 for fraud .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Kloé: The steep career was followed by a deep fall. In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung . Retrieved April 23, 2017, same day.
  2. ↑ Minister Fürniß as a false professor. In: taz.de. October 20, 1999, accessed April 19, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Political Affair: Million from the Orient. In: Spiegel Online. November 11, 2002, accessed April 19, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Brandenburg's ex-Minister of Economic Affairs Fürniß arrested in Hamburg . In: Spiegel Online of October 27, 2014, accessed on April 24, 2017.
  5. ^ Ingrid Thoms-Hoffmann: Wolfgang Fürniß in prison: end of a political career . In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung of October 27, 2014, accessed on October 2, 2018.
  6. ↑ Wolfgang Fürniß is accused of "commercial fraud" ( Memento from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung of December 13, 2014, accessed on April 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ Holger Buchwald: Fraud Process: The Two Faces of Wolfgang Fürniß. In: nrz.de from March 12, 2015, accessed on April 24, 2017.
  8. ^ Fürniß trial: three years imprisonment for ex-ministers for fraud . In: nrz.de from April 15, 2015, accessed on April 24, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Fürniß, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 2017
Place of death Hamburg