Björn Engholm

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Björn Engholm (November 9, 1939) is a German SPD politician. He was Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein, 1988-1993 and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, 1991-1993.

While Engholm was popular with the electorate (partly due to his public persona deliberately reinvoking that of erstwhile Chancellor Helmut Schmidt), he was forced to resign as party leader in 1993 after indiscrepancies surfaced over the Schleswig Holstein state elections of 1987. He was succeeded by Rudolf Scharping.

He also resigned as Minister-President the same year. His successor was Heide Simonis.

Preceded by:
Hans-Jochen Vogel		 Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
1991–1993		 Succeeded by:
Johannes Rau
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Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party of Germany

1890-1933: Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)

Paul Singer/Alwin Gerisch | August Bebel/Paul Singer | August Bebel/Hugo Haase | Hugo Haase/Friedrich Ebert | Friedrich Ebert | Friedrich Ebert/Philipp Scheidemann | Otto Wels/Herman Müller | Arthur Crispien/Otto Wels/Herman Müller | Arthur Crispien/Otto Wels | Arthur Crispien/Otto Wels/Hans Vogel

1933-1945: SPD organisation in exile (SoPaDe)

Otto Wels/Hans Vogel | Hans Vogel

since 1946: Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)

Kurt Schumacher | Erich Ollenhauer | Willy Brandt | Hans-Jochen Vogel | Björn Engholm | Johannes Rau | Rudolf Scharping | Oskar Lafontaine | Gerhard Schröder | Franz Müntefering | Matthias Platzeck | Kurt Beck

 
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