Hans-Jochen Vogel

Hans-Jochen Vogel
Vogel in 1988
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office
14 June 1987 – 29 May 1991
Federal ManagerPeter Glotz
Anke Fuchs
Preceded byWilly Brandt
Succeeded byBjörn Engholm
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
in the Bundestag
In office
8 March 1983 – 12 November 1991
Preceded byHerbert Wehner
Succeeded byHans-Ulrich Klose
Governing Mayor of West Berlin
In office
23 January 1981 – 11 June 1981
MayorGuido Brunner
Preceded byDietrich Stobbe
Succeeded byRichard von Weizsäcker
Minister of Justice
In office
16 May 1974 – 22 January 1981
ChancellorHelmut Schmidt
Preceded byGerhard Jahn
Succeeded byJürgen Schmude
Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development
In office
15 December 1972 – 16 May 1974
ChancellorWilly Brandt
Preceded byLauritz Lauritzen
Succeeded byKarl Ravens
Mayor of Munich
In office
27 March 1960 – 11 June 1972
Preceded byThomas Wimmer
Succeeded byGeorg Kronawitter
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag
for Berlin
(Bavaria; 1972–1983)
In office
29 March 1983 – 10 November 1994
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party List
In office
14 December 1976 – 29 March 1983
Preceded byWenzel Bredl
Succeeded byFritz Wittmann
ConstituencyMunich North
In office
12 December 1972 – 14 December 1976
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencySocial Democratic Party List
Member of the
Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
for Neukölln 3
In office
26 April 1979 – 26 April 1983
Preceded byManfred Twehle
Succeeded byHans Ludwig Schoenthal
Personal details
Born(1926-02-03)3 February 1926
Göttingen, Province of Hanover, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Lower Saxony, Germany)
Died26 July 2020(2020-07-26) (aged 94)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party (1950–2020)
Spouse
(m. 1972)
RelationsBernhard Vogel (brother)
Children3
Alma materLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Jurist
  • Civil Servant

Hans-Jochen Vogel (3 February 1926 – 26 July 2020) was a German lawyer and a politician for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Mayor of Munich from 1960 to 1972, winning the 1972 Summer Olympics for the city and Governing Mayor of West Berlin in 1981, the only German ever to lead two cities with a million+ inhabitants. He was Federal Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development from 1972 to 1974, and Federal Minister of Justice from 1974 to 1981. He served as leader of the SPD in the Bundestag from 1983 to 1991, and as Leader of the Social Democratic Party from 1987 to 1991. In 1993, he co-founded the organisation Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie (Against Oblivion – For Democracy). He was a member of the National Ethics Council of Germany from its beginning in 2001.