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Werner Dollinger | |
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| Federal Minister for the Treasury | |
| In office 14 December 1962 – 30 November 1966 | |
| Chancellor | Konrad Adenauer (until 1963) Ludwig Erhard |
| Preceded by | Hans Lenz |
| Succeeded by | Kurt Schmücker |
| Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation | |
| In office 28 October 1966 – 30 November 1966 | |
| Chancellor | Ludwig Erhard |
| Preceded by | Walter Scheel |
| Succeeded by | Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski |
| Federal Minister for Post and Telecommunications | |
| In office 1 December 1966 – 21 October 1969 | |
| Chancellor | Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
| Preceded by | Richard Stücklen |
| Succeeded by | Georg Leber |
| Federal Minister of Transport | |
| In office 4 October 1982 – 12 March 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Volker Hauff |
| Succeeded by | Jürgen Warnke |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 6 October 1953 – 20 December 1990 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1918-10-10)10 October 1918 Neustadt an der Aisch, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire |
| Died | 3 January 2008(2008-01-03) (aged 89) Neustadt an der Aisch,Bavaria, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) |
Werner Dollinger (10 October 1918 – 3 January 2008) was a German politician andeconomist, a member of theChristian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). He served asFederal Minister for the Treasury from 1962 to 1966,Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation in 1966, Federal Minister for Post and Telecommunications from 1966 to 1969, and asFederal Minister of Transport from 1982 to 1987.[1][2]
Born inNeustadt an der Aisch inMiddle Franconia, Dollinger studied economics and social sciences inNuremberg, at theGoethe University Frankfurt and at theTechnische Hochschule München. He obtained anMBA (Diplom-Kaufmann) degree in 1940 and two years later gained hisdoctorate. From 1943 to 1945, Dollinger served in theWehrmacht armed forces duringWorld War II.
Back in his hometown after the war, he joined his father-in-law's brickyard business. He became chairman of the local Chamber of Commerce in 1948 and of the Middle Franconian clay industry association in 1952. As aProtestant, Dollinger was a synod member of theEvangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria from 1965 to 1995 and of theEvangelical Church in Germany from 1971 to 1991.[3]
In 1946 Dollinger was one of the founding members of the Christian Social Union branch in Neustadt an der Aisch. He was electedcity councillor and deputy in the district assembly. He also acted as CSU district chairman from 1951 to 1972, as a councillor in the party's district committee, and joined the state executive in 1957. At the1953 federal elections, Dollinger was elected to the West GermanBundestag parliament. He joined theCDU/CSU group executive committee, became vice chairman in 1957 and head of the CSU regional group in 1961. Re-elected several times, he remained a Bundestag MP until 1990. In 1956 he also joined the Common Assembly of theEuropean Coal and Steel Community.
On 14 December 1962 Dollinger was appointed Federal Minister for the Treasury in the last cabinet of ChancellorKonrad Adenauer, an office he retained under Adenauer's successorLudwig Erhard. In 1966 he also served as Minister for Economic Cooperation, after MinisterWalter Scheel and hisFDP cabinet colleagues had resigned. In the succeedinggrand coalition cabinet of ChancellorKurt Georg Kiesinger, Dollinger was appointed Federal Minister for Post and Telecommunications. He lost his office whenWilly Brandt formed thesocial–liberal coalition after the1969 federal elections.
13 years later, Dollinger once again entered the Federal Government, when he was appointedFederal Minister of Transport in the cabinet of ChancellorHelmut Kohl on 4 October 1982. He finally retired after the1987 elections. He died at his home in Neustadt an der Aisch.
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