Martin Bangemann
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| Born | 15 November 1934 Wanzleben, Saxony, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 June 2022 (Age 87) Deux-Sèvres, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | • University of Tübingen • University of Munich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | FDP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attended the 1986 Bilderberg as West German Minister of Economics
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Martin Bangemann was a German politician and a leader of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1985 to 1988. He was German Minister of Economics and European Commissioner. He attended the 1986 Bilderberg meeting. While still in office, Bangemann took a job at the Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica, an obvious conflict of interest for which he received massive criticism, but no punishment.
Education
Bangemann was born on 15 November 1934 in Wanzleben in Saxony, as the son of a master locksmith.[1] He lost both parents at the end of the war, and then came to a foster family in East Frisia.
Education
He studied law in Tübingen and Munich, and received a PhD in law in 1962.[2]
Career
He worked as a lawyer in Baden-Württemberg.[3] In 1972, he was elected to the Bundestag and became briefly Secretary General of the FDP.[4]
Bangemann was a member of the European Parliament from 1973 to 1984; from 1976 to 1979 he was vice-chairman, from 1979 to 1984 chairman of the Liberal and Democratic Group. From 1978 to 1979 he was vice-chair of the Committee on Budgets.[5]
Bangemann was the German Federal Minister of Economics from 1984 to 1988.[6] Problems in his tenure were high unemployment and the steel, coal and shipyard crises.[4]
In 1988, Bangemann joined the European Commission. He was Commissioner for the internal market and industrial affairs in the Delors Commission from 1989 to 1995.[7] He was then Commissioner for Industrial affairs, Information & Telecommunications Technologies in the Santer Commission from 1995 to 1999.
As commissioner he led a "high-level group" that drew up the report "Europe and the Global Information Society" in 1994.[8][9] This document contained recommendations to the European Council on the measures that Europe should take regarding information infrastructure. It became known as the "Bangemann report" and influenced many EU policies.[10]
While still in office, Bangemann took a job at the Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica, an obvious conflict of interest for which he received massive criticism, but no punishment.[11][12][13]
Personal
He was married and had five children.[14]
Bangemann died from a heart attack at his home in Deux-Sèvres on 28 June 2022 at the age of 87.[1]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilderberg/1986 | 25 April 1986 | 27 April 1986 | Scotland Gleneagles Hotel | The 34th Bilderberg, 109 participants |
References
- ↑ a b https://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/infoline_nt/Politik__Inland_/article239646391/Frueherer-Bundeswirtschaftsminister-Bangemann-ist-tot.html
- ↑ https://search.worldcat.org/title/613907576
- ↑ https://www.stern.de/politik/deutschland/frueherer-fdp-chef-martin-bangemann-stirbt-mit-87-jahren-32496872.html
- ↑ a b https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/ex-wirtschaftsminister-martin-bangemann-ist-tot,TAAWrRy
- ↑ https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/hom
- ↑ https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/fdp-bangemann-tod-101.html
- ↑ https://www.spiegel.de/politik/wirklich-atemberaubend-a-c631dda0-0002-0001-0000-000013493714
- ↑ Europe and the global information society: Recommendations to the European Council. Version hosted on I*M Europe, by Directorate-General XIII of the European Commission.
- ↑ "Report on Europe and the Global Information Society: Recommendations of the High-level Group on the Information Society to the Corfu European Council. Bulletin of the European Union, Supplement No. 2/94." University of Pittsburgh – Archive of European Integration (AEI).
- ↑ Mackay, Hugh; Maples, Wendy; Reynolds, Paul (2001). Investigating the Information Society. London/New York: Routledge & The Open University. p. 8.
- ↑ http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,32340,00.html
- ↑ https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/frueherer-fdp-chef-martin-bangemann-gestorben-a-d6ccc55a-a09b-4f40-b52f-228c674da97e
- ↑ https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/eu-kommission-europa-deine-bangemaenner-a-31075.html
- ↑ http://ec.europa.eu/archives/1995_99/commissioners/en/bange.htm
