Hans-Jochen Vogel
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Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 15 December 1972 – 16 May 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chancellor | Willy Brandt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Lauritz Lauritzen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Karl Ravens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mayor of Munich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 27 March 1960 – 11 June 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Thomas Wimmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Georg Kronawitter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Göttingen, Province of Hanover, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Lower Saxony, Germany) | 3 February 1926||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 July 2020 Munich, Bavaria, Germany | (aged 94)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Social Democratic Party (1950–2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Bernhard Vogel (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hans-Jochen Vogel (3 February 1926 – 26 July 2020) was a German lawyer and a politician for the
Early life and professional career
Vogel was born in
"… in spite of all my doubts about details it did not occur to me at the time that you can, or even must, resist the State. Especially if I consider the biographies of other young people, for instance, Sophie and Hans Scholl, who came to completely different conclusions. I lived with my parents in Gießen then, I saw the synagogue burn. And nobody helped, on the contrary, the police and the firebrigade made the fire even worse. But not even that really opened my eyes."[3]
Vogel volunteered for service in the
His professional career began in February 1952, when he became a junior official (Assessor) in the
Political career
Mayor in Munich
Vogel became a member of the
When Vogel became the leader of the Bavarian Social Democrats and also a member of the executive of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1972, he resigned as Mayor of Munich, succeeded by Georg Kronawitter. He described his Munich years in his book Die Amtskette ("The Chain of Office"), which was published in the same year.[12]
In the Federal Elections of 19 November 1972, Vogel was the top candidate of the Bavarian SPD; two years later he was the SPD's top candidate in the elections for the Bavarian State Parliament. Whereas he could not prevent a victory of the
Minister in Bonn
In December 1972,
Mayor in Berlin
A new challenge came in 1981 when
Party leader
Vogel became the SPD's top candidate for the federal elections on 6 March 1983, filling in for
After the elections, Vogel was one of Berlin's members of the German parliament, Bundestag. Herbert Wehner, the previous leader of the parliamentary SPD, nominated him as his successor, and Vogel held that office until 1991.[9][11] Under his leadership the Parliamentary SPD turned against atomic energy after the Chernobyl disaster of 1986.[14]
From 1987 to 1991 Vogel was also the leader of the SPD.[1][11] He was a member of the Bundestag until 1994.[11] "I've never pushed myself into the foreground", he said of himself.[15]
Career after political posts
After 1994, Vogel withdrew from political posts, but he continued as a member of the organisation Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie (Against Oblivion – For Democracy), aimed at spreading basic democratic values, as a contrast to Nazi Germany and East German concept. Vogel was one of its founders in 1993, and its first chairman.[8] He served as chairman until 2000.[4]
From the beginning in 2001 to 2005, Vogel belonged to the National Ethics Council of Germany, looking at ethical aspects such as biotechnology and its consequences for individuals and society.[8]
Awards
Vogel was awarded the Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1986.[16] He received the Heinz Galinsky Prize for promoting a better understanding between the Jewish community in Berlin and its social surroundings in 1998.[8] In 2001 he won the Leo Baeck Prize , the highest award of the Central Council of Jews in Germany.[4][17]
Personal characteristics and private life
Originally on the right wing of the SPD,[18] Vogel became more and more liberal in his views,[19] for instance, with regard to the legislation about asylum seekers, referendums, or the protection of personal data (Datenschutz) from the state. In 1992, he visited twelve successor states of the former Soviet Union, meeting numerous presidents, ministers, but also leaders of the opposition, of the Orthodox Church, and of Islam, which broadened his outlook.[20][21]
In his party, Vogel was a mediator between the various wings, and a centre of integration. He was open to seeking co-operation with the other parties. As the chairman of his party's delegates in a parliamentary commission for reviewing the
Vogel summed up his political attitude: "I am a Social Democrat who would like to reconcile something of a vision with the rather stringent and inexorable knowledge that politics cannot be conducted with clouds of words, but with solid work and craftsmanship."[10][24]
Vogel was the elder brother of CDU politician
References
- ^ a b "Kämpfer für Gerechtigkeit". Gießener Allgemeine (in German). Gießen. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 23 April 2005, p. 42
- ^ Amend, Christoph (23 March 2006). ""Hier sind wir die Jugend" (Interview)". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 26 July 2020. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d e f g Staudinger, Melanie (2 February 2016). "Gekommen, um zu bleiben". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Vogel, Hans-Jochen (23 July 2020). "Als ich wiederkam, hatte meine Mutter weiße Haare". Der Spiegel (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Hans-Jochen Vogel erinnert sich". Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD).
- ^ a b c d e f g Bannas, Günter (26 July 2020). "Ein großer Sozialdemokrat". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Stiftung Deutsches Historisches Museum. "LeMO Biografie: Hans-Jochen Vogel". Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Dr. Hans-Jochen Vogel". rechtspolitischer-kongress.de. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ a b Bachmeier, Uli (26 July 2020). "Er war eine moralische Instanz: Hans-Jochen Vogel gestorben". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Augsburg. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Germany: Ex-SPD leader Hans-Jochen Vogel dies". Deutsche Welle. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Die Amtskette German National Library
- ^ Jordan, Maria (1 June 2018). "Appell für neue Berliner Linie". Deutsche Welle (in German). Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Nach Tschernobyl ist nichts mehr so, wie es vorher war". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, Heidelberg, 3 February 2011, p. 20
- ^ "Großkreuz". Bundesanzeiger. 38 (103): 7097–7099. 10 June 1986.
- ^ "Ein überzeugter Demokrat". Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). Berlin. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Rudolph, Hermann (26 July 2020). "Ein Meister der Pflicht". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Sturm, Daniel Friedrich (26 July 2020). "Er setzte gewohnte Maßstäbe außer Kraft". Die Welt (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Schmidt-Häuer, Christian (3 April 1992). "Kasachstan, Belarus und die Ukraine haben noch nicht über ihr Arsenal entschieden". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 27 July 2020. (subscription required)
- ^ Schmidt-Häuer, Christian (20 March 1992). "Selbst die ewige Flamme ist erloschen". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 27 July 2020. (subscription required)
- ^ Hofmann, Gunter (19 February 1993). "Eine Chance wird vertan". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 27 July 2020. (subscription required)
- ^ Kaiser, Carl-Christian (8 July 1994). "Ein Mann mit System". Die Zeit (in German). Hamburg. Retrieved 27 July 2020. (subscription required)
- ^ Die Zeit, 27 March 1987
- ^ a b "Hans-Jochen Vogel: Früherer SPD-Chef gestorben". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). dpa, fmg. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "An Parkinson erkrankt. Ex-SPD-Chef Vogel: 'Habe Zittern noch unter Kontrolle'". Focus (in German). dpa. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2020.