Werner Fornos
{{Short description|German-American activist and politician (1933–2013)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Werner Fornos
| office = Member of Maryland State House of Delegates
| native_name =
| termstart = 1967
| termend = 1970
| birth_date = November 5, 1933
| birth_place = Leipzig, Germany
| death_date = January 16, 2013
| death_place = Basye, Virginia
}}
Werner H. Fornos (November 5, 1933 – January 16, 2013) was a German-American activist and politician. An advocate for global population control, he served as president of the Population Institute.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/obituaries/bs-md-ob-werner-fornos-20130122-story.html|title=Werner Fornos|website=Baltimore Sun}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?29779/WernerFornos|title=Werner Fornos | C-SPAN.org|website=www.c-span.org}}
Life
Fornos was born Werner Horst Farenhold in Leipzig, Germany, and fled to the United States after World War II. He was adopted by the Fornos family and became an American citizen. Fornos served as a member of the Maryland State House of Delegates from 1967 to 1970 as a Democrat. He ran for the House of representatives in 1972 and 1976, losing.{{Cite web |title=Werner H. Fornos, MSA SC 3520-13276 |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/013200/013276/html/13276bio.html |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=msa.maryland.gov}}
Werner was awarded the Humanist of the Year in 1991 by the American Humanist Association and the United Nations Population Award in 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unfpa.org/resources/award-laureates|title=Award Laureates|website=United Nations Population Fund}} He died on January 16, 2013, in Basye, Virginia from complications of diabetes.
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXCdb3716js YouTube: Gaining People, Losing Ground]
- [https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/resource-pdf/94-09-08_Statement_of_Population_Institute_Mr.pdf 940908: Statement of Population Institute, Mr. Werner Fornos]
- [https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/013200/013276/html/13276bio.html Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series) Werner H. Fornos (1933–2013)]
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Category:20th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly