Hans-Jochen Vogel

Hans-Jochen Vogel

Hans-Jochen Vogel (born February 3 1926 in Göttingen) is a German politician.

Vogel was born in Göttingen. He attended school in Gießen and graduated in 1943. Afterwards he was conscripted into military service and served as a soldier for two years at the end of World War II. He studied law in Marburg and Munich from 1946–48.

Vogel was Mayor of Munich from 1960–72. After the general election in 1972 he became Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development. He served as Federal Minister of Justice from 1974–81. In the January he became governing Mayor of West Berlin. However he lost the election in June and Richard von Weizsäcker became governing mayor. He ran for chancellor in 1983, but he lost the election. He was the chairman of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Group from 1983–91. He succeeded Willy Brandt as the leader of the SPD in 1987. In 1991 he resigned from his post as party leader.

Vogel is the older brother of CDU politician Bernhard Vogel.

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Preceded by
Willy Brandt
Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
1987–1991
Succeeded by
Björn Engholm
Preceded by
Dietrich Stobbe
Mayor of Berlin
1981
Succeeded by
Richard von Weizsäcker
Preceded by
Thomas Wimmer
Mayor of Munich
1960–1972
Succeeded by
Georg Kronawitter
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NAME Vogel, Hans-Jochen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION German politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 3 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Göttingen
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH