Wolfgang Börnsen

Wolfgang Börnsen
Börnsen in 2009
Member of the Bundestag
In office 18 February 1987 – 22 October 2013
Preceded by	Harm Dallmeyer
Succeeded by	Sabine Sütterlin-Waack
Constituency	Flensburg – Schleswig
Personal details
Born	(1942-04-26)26 April 1942 Flensburg, Gau Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Died	2 November 2024(2024-11-02) (aged 82)
Party	Christian Democratic Union
Children	Four
Alma mater	Pädagogische Akademie Kiel
Occupation	Teacher

Wolfgang Börnsen (26 April 1942 – 2 November 2024) was a German politician who was a member of the CDU, which he joined in 1967. He was born in Flensburg and was a member of the Bundestag from 1987 to 2013.

Börnsen graduated from Realschule and did an apprenticeship as bricklayer. He graduated then from business school (Högere Hannelsschool) in Flensburg and studied at pedagogical high school in Kiel (Pädagoogsche Hoochschool) to become teacher. He worked as teacher for religion and history.

Later he worked for Flensburger Tagblatt as reporter.

Börnsen died on 2 November 2024, at the age of 82.^[1]

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