Holger Börner was a German

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 politician of the SPD

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.

He was Minister-President

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 of Hesse

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 from 1976 until 1987. In this position, he served as President

President of the German Bundesrat

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 of the Bundesrat

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 in 1986/87, but only served until the Landtag

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 elections of 24 April 1987.

In 1984, he and his SPD lost the majority in the Hesse Landtag

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. He managed to implement the first Minister (government)

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 in Germany and was reelected even if he had promised in advance never to work with the green party

Alliance '90/The Greens

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. In this administration Joschka Fischer

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 was the first green party minster

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 in Germany.

Afterwards, until 2003, he was chairman of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, also known as (FES). The FES is a private, non-profit organization committed to the principles and values of social democracy. FES was established in 1925 to honor the legacy of Friedrich Ebert

Friedrich Ebert

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, Germany's first democratically elected President.
The Foundation supports education, research, and international cooperation from its offices in Bonn

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 and Berlin

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and through branch offices in more than 90 countries.

Börner died of cancer at the age of 75 on 2 August 2006. and was survived by his wife Carola and three children.