Klaus von Dohnanyi

German politician, the son of Hans von Dohnanyi. A member of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD), he served as Bundesminister für Bildung und Wissenschaft (1972–4), Staatsminister im Auswärtigen Amt (1976–81), and Erster Bürgermeister of Hamburg (1981–8).

Dr Klaus von Dohnanyi (born 23 June 1928 in Hamburg) is a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Dr. von Dohnanyi is the son of Hans von Dohnanyi and Christine Bonhoeffer, and thus a nephew of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

In 1969 he was elected to the German Federal Parliament (the Bundestag) from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and served in the Economics, Education and Science ministries until 1981.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall and with German unification, Klaus von Dohnanyi became involved with the restructuring programme in East Germany, and from 1993 to 1996 was a special adviser on Market Economy and State to the Board of the Treuhandanstalt and BvS, its successor company, responsible for privatising state-owned companies in the former East Germany.

Preceded by: Hans-Ulrich Klose

First Mayor of Hamburg 1981–1988

Succeeded by: Henning Voscherau

Mayors of Hamburg since 1918

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