Hans-Jochen Vogel

Hans-Jochen Vogel
Vogel in 1988
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office 14 June 1987 – 29 May 1991
Federal Manager	Peter Glotz Anke Fuchs
Preceded by	Willy Brandt
Succeeded by	Björn Engholm
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag
In office 8 March 1983 – 12 November 1991
Preceded by	Herbert Wehner
Succeeded by	Hans-Ulrich Klose
Governing Mayor of West Berlin
In office 23 January 1981 – 11 June 1981
Mayor	Guido Brunner
Preceded by	Dietrich Stobbe
Succeeded by	Richard von Weizsäcker
Minister of Justice
In office 16 May 1974 – 22 January 1981
Chancellor	Helmut Schmidt
Preceded by	Gerhard Jahn
Succeeded by	Jürgen Schmude
Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development
In office 15 December 1972 – 16 May 1974
Chancellor	Willy Brandt
Preceded by	Lauritz Lauritzen
Succeeded by	Karl Ravens
Mayor of Munich
In office 27 March 1960 – 11 June 1972
Preceded by	Thomas Wimmer
Succeeded by	Georg Kronawitter
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the Bundestag for Berlin (Bavaria; 1972–1983) In office 29 March 1983 – 10 November 1994 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by multi-member district Constituency Social Democratic Party List In office 14 December 1976 – 29 March 1983 Preceded by Wenzel Bredl Succeeded by Fritz Wittmann Constituency Munich North In office 12 December 1972 – 14 December 1976 Preceded by multi-member district Succeeded by multi-member district Constituency Social Democratic Party List Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin for Neukölln 3 In office 26 April 1979 – 26 April 1983 Preceded by Manfred Twehle Succeeded by Hans Ludwig Schoenthal
Personal details
Born	(1926-02-03)3 February 1926 Göttingen, Province of Hanover, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Lower Saxony, Germany)
Died	26 July 2020(2020-07-26) (aged 94) Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1950–2020)
Spouse	Liselotte Vogel [de] ​ ​ (m. 1972)​
Relations	Bernhard Vogel (brother)
Children	3
Alma mater	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Occupation	Politician Jurist Civil Servant

Hans-Jochen Vogel (3 February 1926 – 26 July 2020) was a German lawyer and a politician for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Mayor of Munich from 1960 to 1972, winning the 1972 Summer Olympics for the city and Governing Mayor of West Berlin in 1981, the only German ever to lead two cities with a million+ inhabitants. He was Federal Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development from 1972 to 1974, and Federal Minister of Justice from 1974 to 1981. He served as leader of the SPD in the Bundestag from 1983 to 1991, and as Leader of the Social Democratic Party from 1987 to 1991. In 1993, he co-founded the organisation Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie (Against Oblivion – For Democracy). He was a member of the National Ethics Council of Germany from its beginning in 2001.