Bernhard Friedmann

Bernhard Friedmann (8 April 1932 – 18 May 2021)^[1] was a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

Friedmann was born in Ottersweier. He served as Member of Parliament (the Bundestag) from 1976 to 1990 and as member (1990–2001) and President (1996–1999) of the European Court of Auditors. He was also President of Studienzentrum Weikersheim (2005–2008).^[2]

Honours

He was appointed honorary Professor of European Political Science at the University of Freiburg in 1995, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Sibiu (Hermannstadt) in Romania in 1997. He became an honorary citizen of his hometown of Ottersweier in 2002. He received the Euronatur-Umweltpreis environmental prize in 1997.

Publications

• Einheit statt Raketen – Thesen zur Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands als Sicherheitskonzept. Busse und Seewald 1987, ISBN 3-512-00826-7
• Unternehmen Osteuropa – eine Herausforderung für die Europäische Gemeinschaft. Zur Notwendigkeit einer EG-Ostpolitik. Nomos 1994, ISBN 3-7890-3169-0, zusammen mit Christa Randzio-Plath
• Evaluierungsansätze zu ausgewählten Politikbereichen der Europäischen Union. Europa-Union Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-7713-0520-9

References

External links

• Bernhard Friedmann in the German National Library catalogue
• Website of Bernhard Friedmann