Björn Engholm

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Björn Engholm (born November 9, 1939) is a Lübeck born German SPD politician. He was Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein, 1988-1993 and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, 1991-1993.

Engholm was elected Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein in 1987, in the wake of the Barschel affair, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1988/89.

While Engholm was popular with the electorate, he was forced to resign as party leader and Minister-President in 1993 after indiscrepancies surfaced over his testimonies during in the aftermath relation to the Barschel affair.

He was succeeded by Rudolf Scharping as party chairman and by Heide Simonis as Minister-President.

His wife is the painter Barbara Engholm.

Preceded by Hans-Jochen Vogel

Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany 1991–1993

Succeeded by Johannes Rau

v • d • e Presidents of the Bundesrat (Federal Council) Karl Arnold • Hans Ehard • Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf • Reinhold Maier • Georg August Zinn • Peter Altmeier • Kai-Uwe von Hassel • Kurt Sieveking • Willy Brandt • Wilhelm Kaisen • Franz-Josef Röder • Franz Meyers • Hans Ehard • Kurt Georg Kiesinger • Georg Diederichs • Georg August Zinn • Peter Altmeier • Helmut Lemke • Klaus Schütz • Herbert Weichmann • Franz-Josef Röder • Hans Koschnick • Heinz Kühn • Alfons Goppel • Hans Filbinger • Alfred Kubel • Albert Osswald • Bernhard Vogel • Gerhard Stoltenberg • Dietrich Stobbe • Hans-Ulrich Klose • Werner Zeyer • Hans Koschnick • Johannes Rau • Franz Josef Strauss • Lothar Späth • Ernst Albrecht • Holger Börner • Walter Wallmann • Bernhard Vogel • Björn Engholm • Walter Momper • Henning Voscherau • Alfred Gomolka • Berndt Seite • Oskar Lafontaine • Klaus Wedemeier • Johannes Rau • Edmund Stoiber • Erwin Teufel • Gerhard Schröder • Hans Eichel • Roland Koch • Kurt Biedenkopf • Kurt Beck • Klaus Wowereit • Wolfgang Böhmer • Dieter Althaus • Matthias Platzeck • Peter Harry Carstensen • Harald Ringstorff

v • d • e Ministers-President of Schleswig-Holstein Theodor Steltzer · Hermann Lüdemann · Bruno Diekmann · Walter Bartram · Friedrich-Wilhelm Lübke · Kai-Uwe von Hassel · Helmut Lemke · Gerhard Stoltenberg · Uwe Barschel · Henning Schwarz · Björn Engholm · Heide Simonis · Peter Harry Carstensen

v • d • e Chairmen of the Social Democratic Party of Germany SPD (1890-1933) Paul Singer/Alwin Gerisch · August Bebel/Paul Singer · August Bebel/Hugo Haase · Hugo Haase/Friedrich Ebert · Friedrich Ebert · Friedrich Ebert/Philipp Scheidemann · Otto Wels/Herman Müller · Arthur Crispien/Otto Wels/Herman Müller · Arthur Crispien/Otto Wels · Arthur Crispien/Otto Wels/Hans Vogel SPD-in-exile (SoPaDe) (1933-1945) Otto Wels/Hans Vogel · Hans Vogel SPD (since 1946) Kurt Schumacher · Erich Ollenhauer · Willy Brandt · Hans-Jochen Vogel · Björn Engholm · Johannes Rau · Rudolf Scharping · Oskar Lafontaine · Gerhard Schröder · Franz Müntefering · Matthias Platzeck · Kurt Beck

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NAME	Engholm, Björn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	German politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 9, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH