Werner Dollinger

Werner Dollinger (10 October 1918 – 3 January 2008) was a German politician and economist, a member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). He served as Federal Minister for the Treasury from 1962 to 1966, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation in 1966, Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications from 1966 to 1969, and as Federal Minister of Transport from 1982 to 1987.^[1][2]

Born in Neustadt an der Aisch in Middle Franconia, Dollinger studied economics and social sciences in Nuremberg, at the Goethe University Frankfurt and at the Technische Hochschule München. He obtained an MBA (Diplom-Kaufmann) degree in 1940 and two years later gained his doctorate. From 1943 to 1945, Dollinger served in the Wehrmacht armed forces during World War II.

Back in his hometown after the war, he joined his father-in-law's brickyard business. He became chairman of the local Chamber of Commerce in 1948 and of the Middle Franconian clay industry association in 1952. As a Protestant, Dollinger was a synod member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria from 1965 to 1995 and of the Evangelical Church in Germany from 1971 to 1991.^[3]

In 1946 Dollinger was one of the founding members of the Christian Social Union branch in Neustadt an der Aisch. He was elected city councillor and deputy in the district assembly. He also acted as CSU district chairman from 1951 to 1972, as a councillor in the party's district committee, and joined the state executive in 1957. At the 1953 federal elections, Dollinger was elected to the West German Bundestag parliament. He joined the CDU/CSU group executive committee, became vice chairman in 1957 and head of the CSU regional group in 1961. Re-elected several times, he remained a Bundestag MP until 1990. In 1956 he also joined the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community.

El 14 de diciembre de 1962, Dollinger fue nombrado Ministro Federal del Tesoro en el último gabinete del Canciller Konrad Adenauer , cargo que conservó bajo el sucesor de Adenauer, Ludwig Erhard . En 1966, también ocupó el cargo de Ministro de Cooperación Económica, tras la dimisión del Ministro Walter Scheel y sus colegas del FDP . En el siguiente gabinete de la gran coalición del Canciller Kurt Georg Kiesinger , Dollinger fue nombrado Ministro Federal de Correos y Telecomunicaciones . Perdió su cargo cuando Willy Brandt formó la coalición socialliberal tras las elecciones federales de 1969 .

Trece años después, Dollinger volvió a formar parte del Gobierno Federal, al ser nombrado Ministro Federal de Transportes en el gabinete del Canciller Helmut Kohl el 4 de octubre de 1982. Finalmente se retiró tras las elecciones de 1987. Falleció en su domicilio de Neustadt an der Aisch.

• Orden del Mérito de Baviera (1961)
• Gran Cruz del Mérito con Estrella de la República Federal de Alemania (1969)
• Gran Condecoración de Honor en Oro con Banda por Servicios a la República de Austria (1969)
• Gran Cruz del Mérito con Estrella y Banda de la República Federal de Alemania (1973)

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