Hansjoachim Walther

Hansjoachim Walther
Walther in 1990
Leader of the German Social Union
In office 30 June 1990 – 25 May 1991
First Deputy	Jürgen Schwarz
General Secretary	Alexander Achminow
Preceded by	Hans-Wilhelm Ebeling
Succeeded by	Reinhard Keller
Minister for Special Affairs
In office 3 October 1990 – 17 January 1991 Serving with Hans Klein, Rudolf Seiters, Lothar de Maizière, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Günther Krause, Rainer Ortleb
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Leader of the German Social Union in the Volkskammer
In office March 1990 – 2 October 1990
Whips	Timo Backofen Joachim Schmiele
Deputy	Karsten Degner
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Alfred Dregger (as Leader of the CDU/CSU/DSU in the Bundestag)
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Bundestag for Volkskammer In office 3 October 1990 – 20 December 1990 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Constituency abolished Member of the Volkskammer for Suhl In office 5 April 1990 – 2 October 1990 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	Hansjoachim Walther (1939-12-16)16 December 1939 Bütow, Province of Pomerania, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany (now Bytów, Poland)
Died	17 January 2005(2005-01-17) (aged 65) Stützerbach, Thuringia, Germany
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (1993–2005)
Other political affiliations	German Social Union (1990–1991) German Forum Party (1989–1990)
Residence	Stützerbach
Alma mater	TU Dresden Technische Universität Ilmenau
Occupation	Politician Mathematician Academic

Hansjoachim Walther (16 December 1939 – 17 January 2005) was a German politician and mathematician.

He was leader of the German Social Union, a right-wing party modelled after the Bavarian CSU, during the Wende, serving as their parliamentary leader in the Volkskammer. After German reunification, he was co-opted to the Bundestag and appointed as Minister for Special Affairs.^[1]