Holger Börner

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Holger Börner (February 7, 1931 – August 2, 2006) was a German politician of the SPD. He was Minister-President of Hesse from 1976 until 1987. As such he served as President of the Bundesrat in 1986/87, but only served until the Landtag elections of 24 April 1987

In 1984 he and his SPD lost the majority in the Landtag. He managed to implement the first Minister (government) in Germany and was reelected even if he had promised in advance never to work with the green party. In this administration Joschka Fischer was the first green party minster in Germany.

Afterwards (until 2003) he was chairman of the de:Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, also known as (FES). The FES is a private, non-profit organization committed to the principles and values of social democracy. FES was established in 1925 to honor the legacy of Friedrich Ebert, Germany's first democratically elected President. The Foundation supports education, research, and international cooperation from its offices in Bonn and Berlin and through branch offices in more than 90 countries.^[1]

Börner died of cancer at the age of 75 on 2 August 2006.^[2] and was survived by his wife Carola and three children.

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Preceded by Albert Osswald (SPD)

Minister-President of Hesse 1976 – 1987

Succeeded by Walter Wallmann (SPD)

v • d • e Presidents of the Bundesrat (Federal Council) Karl Arnold • Hans Ehard • Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf • Reinhold Maier • Georg August Zinn • Peter Altmeier • Kai-Uwe von Hassel • Kurt Sieveking • Willy Brandt • Wilhelm Kaisen • Franz-Josef Röder • Franz Meyers • Hans Ehard • Kurt Georg Kiesinger • Georg Diederichs • Georg August Zinn • Peter Altmeier • Helmut Lemke • Klaus Schütz • Herbert Weichmann • Franz-Josef Röder • Hans Koschnick • Heinz Kühn • Alfons Goppel • Hans Filbinger • Alfred Kubel • Albert Osswald • Bernhard Vogel • Gerhard Stoltenberg • Dietrich Stobbe • Hans-Ulrich Klose • Werner Zeyer • Hans Koschnick • Johannes Rau • Franz Josef Strauss • Lothar Späth • Ernst Albrecht • Holger Börner • Walter Wallmann • Bernhard Vogel • Björn Engholm • Walter Momper • Henning Voscherau • Alfred Gomolka • Berndt Seite • Oskar Lafontaine • Klaus Wedemeier • Johannes Rau • Edmund Stoiber • Erwin Teufel • Gerhard Schröder • Hans Eichel • Roland Koch • Kurt Biedenkopf • Kurt Beck • Klaus Wowereit • Wolfgang Böhmer • Dieter Althaus • Matthias Platzeck • Peter Harry Carstensen • Harald Ringstorff

v • d • e Ministers-President of Hesse People's State of Hesse (est. 1918) Carl Ulrich · Bernhard Adelung Nazi period (1933-1945) Ferdinand Werner · Philipp Wilhelm Jung Greater Hesse (1945-1946) Ludwig Bergsträsser · Karl Geiler Modern Hesse (since 1946) Christian Stock · Georg August Zinn · Albert Osswald · Holger Börner · Walter Wallmann · Hans Eichel · Roland Koch

v • d • e Chairperson of the Jusos Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1959–1962) · Holger Börner (1962–1963) · Günter Müller (1963–1967) · Peter Corterier (1967–1969) · Karsten Voigt (1969–1972) · Wolfgang Roth (1972–1974) · Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (1974–1977) · Klaus Uwe Benneter (1977) · Gerhard Schröder (1978–1980) · Willi Piecyk (1980–1982) · Rudolf Hartung (1982–1984) · Ulf Skirke (1984–1986) · Michael Guggemos (1986–1988) · Susi Möbbeck (1988–1991) · Ralf Ludwig (1991–1993) · Thomas Westphal (1993–1995) · Andrea Nahles (1995–1999) · Benjamin Mikfeld (1999–2001) · Niels Annen (2001–2004) · Björn Böhning (2004-2007) Franziska Drohsel (since 2007)