Heinrich Lummer
{{Short description|German politician (1932–2019)}}
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| birth_date = 21 November 1932
| birth_place = Essen, Germany
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| death_place = Berlin, Germany
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Heinrich Lummer (21 November 1932 – 15 June 2019) was a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).{{cite web|url=https://www.berlin.de/sen/inneres/ueber-uns/berliner-innensenatoren/heinrich-lummer/artikel.548817.php|title=Heinrich Lummer|language=de|website=berlin.de|access-date=24 December 2019}}
Life
At the Free University of Berlin, Lummer studied German law and philosophy. He became a member of the German political party Christian Democratic Union. From 1967 to 1987, he was a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. From 1981 to 1986, Lummer was the senator for the Interior and Sports in Berlin.{{cite web|url=https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article226204353/Berlins-Ex-Innensenator-Heinrich-Lummer-ist-tot.html|title=Berlins Ex-Innensenator Heinrich Lummer ist tot|language=de|work=Berliner Morgenpost|date=18 June 2019|access-date=24 December 2019}} From 1987 to 1998 he was a member of the Bundestag. He was considered to be a conservative hardliner, an exponent of the right wing of his party, oftentimes even as part of the fringe right.{{cite news | url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/im-alter-von-86-jahren-berliner-ex-innensenator-heinrich-lummer-gestorben/24465948.html | title=Berliner Ex-Innensenator Heinrich Lummer gestorben | newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel Online | date=17 June 2019 | last1=Matthies | first1=Bernd }}{{cite web | url=https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute/berliner-ex-innensenator-heinrich-lummer-gestorben-100.html | title=Berlins umstrittener Ex-Innensenator: Senator fürs Grobe: Heinrich Lummer ist tot }}{{cite news | url=https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2019-06/berlin-innensenator-heinrich-lummer-gestorben | title=ZEIT ONLINE {{pipe}} Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl | newspaper=Die Zeit | date=17 June 2019 }} Especially later in his life, he subscribed to several far-right conspiracy theories, such as the idea that immigration into Germany was part of a grand plan to destroy the German nation.Heinrich Lummer: Identität verwandelt und gelöscht. In: Das Ostpreußenblatt. Jahrgang 50, Folge 17, 1. Mai 1999. Lummer was married, had three children and lived in Steglitz-Zehlendorf.{{cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13496025.html|title=Manches offenes Wort geführt|language=de|date=4 September 1989|work=Spiegel Online|access-date=24 December 2019}}
Works by Lummer
- Standpunkte eines Konservativen. Sinus Verlag, 1987.
- Asyl. Ullstein-Report, 1992.
References
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- [http://www.spiegel.de/thema/heinrich_lummer/ Dossier] at Spiegel Online
- [https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13496025.html Spiegel.de: Manches offenes Wort geführt (German), September 4, 1989]
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