From Hildburg Bruns
Wowereit, Müller, Giffey – and now a CDU ruler again? The Red Town Hall has been governed by the SPD for 7912 days (21 years, 7 months, 28 days). Only three Union politicians made it to the top posts in Schöneberg Town Hall (during the Wall era) and in the Red Town Hall (since reunification).
RULING No. 10 & 12: Eberhard Diepgen (CDU)
Term of office: 2/9/1984 to 3/16/1989 (1862 days) and 1/24/1991 to 6/16/2001 (3796 days)
Education: jurist
Perfomance: The economy recovered during the first term of office of the original Berliner, and the 750th anniversary celebrations in 1987 brought splendor. Problem: lack of housing. In the second term of office in 1996, it single-handedly equalized East-West wages in the public sector. Problem: collapse of the banking company
Berlin event: US President Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate (1987): “Tear down this wall, Mr. Gorbachev”. 2019 Federal government moves from Bonn to Berlin
Polit Type: Son-in-law image with enormous detailed knowledge
Today: 81 years old, BZ columnist, enthusiastic grandfather
REGULATOR #9: Richard von Weizsacker (CDU)
tenure: 6/11/1981 to 2/9/1984 (973 days)
Education: doctorate in law and history
Perfomance: Didn’t allow any more new squats. Drove to Erich Honecker as the first ruler
Berlin event: Panda Bear Tian Tian Dies (1984)
Polit Type: brilliant speaker with aristocratic charm
End: The former Federal President died in 2015 at the age of 94
Honor: First honorary citizen of Berlin (1990) and since 2022 renaming of Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz in Schöneberg to “Richard-von-Weizsäcker-Platz”
REGULATOR #2: Walther Schreiber (CDU)
tenure: 10/22/1953 to 1/11/1955 (446 days)
AEducation: doctorate in law
performanceG: In difficult times (30% unemployment, 130,000 refugees from the East, Schreiber fought for
linge) in Bonn 800 million marks/year
Berlin event: 90,000 Berliners celebrate Germany’s World Cup victory on July 18, 1954
buttockslit type: straightforward but unobtrusive
End: Died in 1958 from a stroke aged 74
Memory: “Walther-Schreiber-Platz”