Engholm was educated at University of Hamburg.[1] He was elected Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein in 1988, in the wake of the Barschel affair/Waterkantgate: he had been spied on and was a victim of severe defamation (HIV infection, tax evasion, etc.) by the Barschel campaign. The Social Democrats won an impressive 54.2% (up almost 10%) and gained an absolute majority for the first time ever.[2] Engholm served as President of the Bundesrat in 1988/89.
While Engholm was popular with the electorate, he was forced to resign as party leader and Minister-President in 1993 after discrepancies surfaced over the testimonies he gave in the Barschel affair (Schubladenaffäre, drawer affair). A party official had paid 50,000 Deutsche Mark (kept in a kitchen drawer) to the spy of the Barschel affair to keep the espionage a secret for several weeks, to reveal the scandal on election weekend with a bigger impact and then present Engholm as a victim.
björn, engholm, born, november, 1939, german, politician, social, democratic, party, federal, minister, education, science, from, 1981, 1982, 1982, also, federal, minister, food, agriculture, forests, from, 1988, 1993, minister, president, schleswig, holstein,. Bjorn Engholm born 9 November 1939 is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party SPD He was Federal Minister for Education and Science from 1981 to 1982 and in 1982 also Federal Minister for Food Agriculture and Forests From 1988 to 1993 he was the Minister President of Schleswig Holstein and from 1991 to 1993 the leader of the Social Democratic Party Bjorn EngholmEngholm in 2019Leader of the Social Democratic PartyIn office 29 May 1991 3 May 1993Federal ManagerAnke FuchsKarlheinz BlessingPreceded byHans Jochen VogelSucceeded byJohannes Rau interim Minister President of Schleswig HolsteinIn office 31 May 1988 3 May 1993DeputyMarianne TidickEva RuhmkorfGunther JansenHeide SimonisPreceded byHenning Schwarz interim Succeeded byHeide SimonisPresident of the BundesratIn office 1 November 1988 31 October 1989First Vice PresidentBernhard VogelPreceded byBernhard VogelSucceeded byWalter MomperLeader of the Opposition in theLandtag of Schleswig HolsteinIn office 12 April 1983 31 May 1988Minister PresidentUwe BarschelHenning Schwarz interim Preceded byKlaus MatthiesenSucceeded byHeiko HoffmannLeader of the Social Democratic Partyin the Landtag of Schleswig HolsteinIn office 12 April 1983 31 May 1988Preceded byKlaus MatthiesenSucceeded byGert BornsenSchmidt cabinetMinister of Education and ScienceIn office 28 January 1981 1 October 1982ChancellorHelmut SchmidtPreceded byJurgen SchmudeSucceeded byDorothee WilmsParliamentary State Secretary in theMinistry of Education and ScienceIn office 18 May 1977 28 January 1981ChancellorHelmut SchmidtMinisterHelmut RohdeJurgen SchmudePreceded byPeter GlotzSucceeded byEckart KuhlweinParliamentary constituenciesMember of theLandtag of Schleswig HolsteinIn office 12 April 1983 7 November 1994Preceded bymulti member districtSucceeded byWolfgang HerrmannConstituencySocial Democratic ListMember of the Bundestag for LubeckIn office 20 October 1969 29 March 1983Preceded byHelmut WendelbornSucceeded byReinhold HillerPersonal detailsBorn 1939 11 09 9 November 1939 age 83 Lubeck Moisling Province of Schleswig Holstein Free State of Prussia Nazi Germany now Germany Political partySocial Democratic Party 1962 SpouseBarbara Engholm m 1964 wbr Children2Alma materUniversity of HamburgOccupationPoliticianTypographerDocentEngholm was educated at University of Hamburg 1 He was elected Minister President of Schleswig Holstein in 1988 in the wake of the Barschel affair Waterkantgate he had been spied on and was a victim of severe defamation HIV infection tax evasion etc by the Barschel campaign The Social Democrats won an impressive 54 2 up almost 10 and gained an absolute majority for the first time ever 2 Engholm served as President of the Bundesrat in 1988 89 While Engholm was popular with the electorate he was forced to resign as party leader and Minister President in 1993 after discrepancies surfaced over the testimonies he gave in the Barschel affair Schubladenaffare drawer affair A party official had paid 50 000 Deutsche Mark kept in a kitchen drawer to the spy of the Barschel affair to keep the espionage a secret for several weeks to reveal the scandal on election weekend with a bigger impact and then present Engholm as a victim He was succeeded by Rudolf Scharping as party chairman and by Heide Simonis as Minister President Since 1964 Engholm has been married to painter Barbara Engholm born 1940 they have two daughters See also EditList of minister presidents of Schleswig HolsteinReferences Edit Publications Europa 2003 The International Who s Who 2004 Psychology Press p 494 ISBN 9781857432176 Drucken todayinhistory de Retrieved 9 May 2020 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bjorn Engholm Party political officesPreceded byHans Jochen Vogel Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany1991 1993 Succeeded byRudolf Scharping Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bjorn Engholm amp oldid 1176409969, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,