Gerhard Glogowski (born 11 February 1943) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Education

Born in

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, Glogowski finished public school in

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and later completed an apprenticeship as toolmaker. In parallel, he attended night school where he finished his Abitur. Then he studied at the University of Economics and Politics in Hamburg until the end as a graduate economist.

Political career

Glogowski grew up in Bonn, his father was a chauffeur of the SPD politician Herbert Wehner and Erich Ollenhauer. Since 1960, Glogowski is member of the IG Metall. Glogowski started his political career in 1972 as Mayor of the city district of Waggum in Brunswick. He changed in 1976 upon the chair as

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of Brunswick until 1981 and again from 1986 until 1990. In the meantime, Glogowski was elected as an MP of

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in 1978. He maintained the position until 2004. After the state election in 1990, he was

interior minister An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...

of Lower Saxony from 21 June 1990 until 27 October 1998 in

Gerhard Schröder Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder (; born 7 April 1944) is a German former politician and Lobbying, lobbyist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004, he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (S ...

's cabinet. He succeeded Schröder as Prime Minister of Lower Saxony from 28 October 1998 until 26 November 1999. Glogowski stepped back from this office after various financial irregularities had become public; among other issues, he was accused of accepting coffee and beer for a private party from local companies.

Life after politics

After seven and a half years as president of Eintracht Braunschweig, Glogowski was elected honorary president of the club in 2007.Reiner Albring
''Ebel einstimmig neuer Präsident''
''Braunschweiger Zeitung''. On 18 December 2007, the Council of the City of Brunswick voted for Glogowski to be awarded the

honorary citizenship Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable or otherwise worthy of the distinction. The honor usually is symbolic and does not confer an ...

of Brunswick. The appointment took place on 11 February 2008. In 1998, Glogowski declared about the far-right political parties in Germany:

References

1943 births Living people Politicians from Hanover Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians German football chairmen and investors Minister-presidents of Lower Saxony Ministers of the Lower Saxony State Government {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub