Wolfgang Börnsen (26 April 1942 – 2 November 2024) was a German politician who was a member of the CDU, which he joined in 1967. He was born in

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish language, Danish and ; ; ) is an independent city, independent town in the far north of the Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. After Kiel and Lübeck, it is the third-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg's ...

and was a member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ...

from 1987 to 2013.

Life and career

Börnsen graduated from

Realschule Real school (, ) is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), F ...

and did an apprenticeship as bricklayer. He graduated then from business school (Högere Hannelsschool) in Flensburg and studied at pedagogical high school in Kiel (Pädagoogsche Hoochschool) to become teacher. He worked as teacher for religion and history. Later he worked for Flensburger Tagblatt as reporter. Börnsen died on 2 November 2024, at the age of 82.

Bibliography

* ''Vorbild mit kleinen Fehlern – Abgeordnete zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit.'' Siegler, Sankt Augustin, 2001, * ''Plattdeutsch im Deutschen Bundestag.'' Siegler, Sankt Augustin, 2001, * ''Fels oder Brandung? Gerhard Stoltenberg – der verkannte Visionär.'' Siegler, Sankt Augustin, 2004, * ''Rettet Berlin – Schleswig-Holsteins Beitrag zur Luftbrücke 1948/49.'' Wachholtz, Neumünster, 2008,

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