Wolfgang Börnsen | |
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Birth Date: | 26 April 1942 |
Birth Place: | Flensburg, Gau Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
Office: | Member of the Bundestag |
Term Start: | 18 February 1987 |
Term End: | 22 October 2013 |
Constituency: | Flensburg – Schleswig |
Party: | Christian Democratic Union |
Nationality: | German |
Children: | Four |
Alma Mater: | Pädagogische Akademie Kiel |
Occupation: | Teacher |
Predecessor: | Harm Dallmeyer |
Successor: | Sabine Sütterlin-Waack |
Wolfgang Börnsen (26 April 1942 – 2 November 2024) was a German politician who was a member of the CDU, which he joined in 1967. He was born in Flensburg and was a member of the Bundestag from 1987 to 2013.
Börnsen graduated from Realschule and did an apprenticeship as bricklayer. He graduated then from business school (Högere Hannelsschool) in Flensburg and studied at pedagogical high school in Kiel (Pädagoogsche Hoochschool) to become teacher. He worked as teacher for religion and history.
Later he worked for Flensburger Tagblatt as reporter.
Börnsen died on 2 November 2024, at the age of 82.[1]