Bernhard Friedmann

Bernhard Friedmann
In office
14 December 1976 – 5 February 1990
Preceded byHugo Hauser
Succeeded bySiegfried Hornung
Personal details
Born(1932-04-08)8 April 1932
Ottersweier, Germany
Died18 May 2021(2021-05-18) (aged 89)
PartyChristian Democratic Union
EducationUniversity of Freiburg
University of Fribourg

Bernhard Friedmann (8 April 1932 – 18 May 2021)[1] was a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

Friedmann was born in Ottersweier. He served as Member of Parliament (the Bundestag) from 1976 to 1990 and as member (1990–2001) and President (1996–1999) of the European Court of Auditors. He was also President of Studienzentrum Weikersheim (2005–2008).[2]

Honours

He was appointed honorary Professor of European Political Science at the University of Freiburg in 1995, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Sibiu (Hermannstadt) in Romania in 1997. He became an honorary citizen of his hometown of Ottersweier in 2002. He received the Euronatur-Umweltpreis environmental prize in 1997.

Publications

  • Einheit statt Raketen – Thesen zur Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands als Sicherheitskonzept. Busse und Seewald 1987, ISBN 3-512-00826-7
  • Unternehmen Osteuropa – eine Herausforderung für die Europäische Gemeinschaft. Zur Notwendigkeit einer EG-Ostpolitik. Nomos 1994, ISBN 3-7890-3169-0, zusammen mit Christa Randzio-Plath
  • Evaluierungsansätze zu ausgewählten Politikbereichen der Europäischen Union. Europa-Union Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-7713-0520-9

References

  1. ↑ "Trauer um Bernhard Friedmann" (in German).
  2. ↑ Voice, European (6 March 1996). "The political watchdog". POLITICO. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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