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| Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| In office 2 October 1987 – 31 May 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | vacant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Uwe Barschel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Björn Engholm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 26 May 1975 – 2 October 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister-President | Gerhard Stoltenberg Uwe Barschel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ernst Engelbrecht-Greve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Marianne Tidick(1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Henning Michael Schwarz (1928-10-05)5 October 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 April 1993(1993-04-13) (aged 64) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cause of death | Leukemia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Würzburg University of Hamburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Cabinet | Lemke II Stoltenberg I Stoltenberg II Stoltenberg III Barschel I Barschel II Schwarz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Henning Schwarz (24 October 1928 – 13 April 1993) was a Germanpolitician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU). He was interimMinister-President of Schleswig-Holstein during theBarschel affair.
Schwarz was born inBad Oldesloe. His father was German CDU politician Werner Schwarz. Schwarz studied law inWürzburg andHamburg, receiving aDoctor of Law in 1958. He then worked as a lawyer.
From 1971 to 1975 and from 1979 to 1987 he was member of theLandtag of Schleswig-Holstein. Since 1969, he served in various cabinet positions in theSchleswig-Holstein state government under Minister-PresidentsHelmut Lemke,Gerhard Stoltenberg andUwe Barschel, most of the time as Minister of Justice. In 1975, Stoltenberg named him Deputy Minister-President, a position which he kept after Barschel became Minister-President due to Stoltenberg being appointedFederal Minister of Finance.
After the 1987Schleswig-Holstein state election, theCDU lost their absolute majority and theBarschel affair became public. Due to a deadlock in the Landtag and the affair, new elections were called for 1988. Barschel resigned on 2 October 1987 andlater died on 11 October. Schwarz, as Deputy Minister-President, becameMinister-President of Schleswig-Holstein on an interim basis until a new government was formed after the May 1988 election. He himself did not run in that election; CDU candidate for Ministers-President (Spitzenkandidat) instead was his Minister of Justice Heiko Hoffmann. The SPD won and Schwarz retired from politics.
Schwarz holds the distinction of being the longest-serving interim Minister-President of a Germanstate, serving for the entire 11th legislative term, lasting about eight months. Most interim Minister-Presidents serve only for a few days (such as Michael Vesper in 2002 orKatharina Fegebank in 2018), some even for just one day on the grounds of constitutional technicalities (such asJörg Bode in 2010 orJoachim Stamp in 2021). He is also the first and only interim Minister-President to lead his own cabinet,Kabinett Schwarz [de].
He was married and had three children. He died inKiel.
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