Wolfgang Mischnick
German politician (1921–2002)
Wolfgang Mischnick (29 September 1921 – 6 October 2002) was a German liberal politician (FDP). From 1961 to 1963 he was Federal Minister for Expellees, Refugees and War Victims and from 1968 to 1991 Chairman of the FDP parliamentary group and opposition leader from 1968/69.2
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Born Sep 29, 1921, died Oct 6, 2002.1
Companies
- Friedrich Naumann FoundationChair 1987 to 199513
Career
Occupation: journalist, politician.8
- 1990 to 1994Member of the German Bundestag3
- 1987 to 1990Member of the German Bundestag3
- 1987 to 1995Chair, Friedrich Naumann Foundation7
- 1983 to 1987Member of the German Bundestag3
- 1980 to 1983Member of the German Bundestag3
- 1976 to 1980Member of the German Bundestag3
- 1972 to 1976Member of the German Bundestag3
- 1969 to 1972Member of the German Bundestag3
- 1968 to 1991Chair, FDP Bundestag fraction6
- 1965 to 1969Member of the German Bundestag3
- 1964 to 1971City council assembly member of Frankfurt3 4
- 1961 to 1963Federal minister3
Personal life
Politics
From 1957 to 1994 Wolfgang Mischnick was a member of the German Bundestag. From 1959 to 1961 he was Parliamentary Managing Director of the FDP parliamentary group.
After the Bundestag election in 1961, Mischnick was appointed Minister for Expellees, Refugees and War Victims in the federal government led by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer as the youngest minister. In 1963 he was deputy chairman and in 1968 chairman of the FDP parliamentary group. As such, he served as opposition leader until the Brandt government took office on 1969. In 1982 he argued for continuing the coalition with the SPD but to preserve party unity, supported the shift of support the (CDU/CSU).
In 1991, Mischnick left the office of parliamentary group chairman at his own request, which he held longer than any other parliamentary group chairman in the history of the Bundestag. After reunion Mischnick played a leading role in merging the FDP and the LDPD in 1989-90. He then entered the Bundestag via the state list of Saxony, though previously he had always become a Bundestag member via the state list of Hesse.
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Awards
- 2002Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony12
- 2001Reinhold Maier Medal12
- 1990Hessian Order of Merit12
- 1975Wilhelm Leuschner Medal12
- 1974Grand Officer, Special Class of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria12
- 1973Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany12
- 1971Ehrenplakette der Stadt Frankfurt am Main12
- 1971Freiherr-vom-Stein-Plakette (Rheinland-Pfalz)12
- 1968Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany12
- Date not recordedGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour12
- Date not recordedRömerplakette der Stadt Frankfurt am Main12
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- 1WikidataWolfgang Mischnick on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaWolfgang Mischnick on Wikipedia
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