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.jpg) Engholm in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of theSocial Democratic Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 29 May 1991 – 3 May 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal Manager | Anke Fuchs Karlheinz Blessing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Hans-Jochen Vogel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Johannes Rau(interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 31 May 1988 – 3 May 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Marianne Tidick Eva Rühmkorf Günther Jansen Heide Simonis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Henning Schwarz(interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Heide Simonis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of theBundesrat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 November 1988 – 31 October 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Vice President | Bernhard Vogel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Bernhard Vogel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Walter Momper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 12 April 1983 – 31 May 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister-President | Uwe Barschel Henning Schwarz(interim) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Klaus Matthiesen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Heiko Hoffmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of theSocial Democratic Party in theLandtag of Schleswig-Holstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 12 April 1983 – 31 May 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Klaus Matthiesen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Gert Börnsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1939-11-09)9 November 1939 (age 86) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Social Democratic Party(1962–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Björn Engholm (born 9 November 1939) is a German politician of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD). He wasFederal Minister for Education and Science from 1981 to 1982, and in 1982 alsoFederal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests. From 1988 to 1993 he was theMinister-President of Schleswig-Holstein and from 1991 to 1993 the leader of the Social Democratic Party.
Engholm was educated atUniversity of Hamburg.[1] He was elected Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein in 1988, in the wake of theBarschel affair/Waterkantgate: he had been spied on and was a victim of severe defamation (HIV infection, tax evasion, etc.) by the Barschel campaign. The Social Democrats won an impressive 54.2% (up almost 10%) and gained an absolute majority for the first time ever.[2] Engholm served asPresident of the Bundesrat in 1988/89.
While Engholm was popular with the electorate, he was forced to resign as party leader and Minister-President in 1993 after discrepancies surfaced over the testimonies he gave in the Barschel affair (Schubladenaffäre, drawer affair). A party official had paid 50,000Deutsche Mark (kept in a kitchen drawer) to the spy of the Barschel affair to keep the espionage a secret for several weeks, to reveal the scandal on election weekend with a bigger impact and then present Engholm as a victim.
He was succeeded byRudolf Scharping as party chairman and byHeide Simonis as Minister-President.
Since 1964, Engholm has been married to painter Barbara Engholm (born 1940); they have two daughters.
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| Preceded by | Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany 1991–1993 | Succeeded by |
