Ibrahim Böhme, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ibrahim Böhme

German politician

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1944

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1999

Profession: politician, librarian, mason, unofficial collaborator, dramaturge

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Ibrahim Böhme

  • Ibrahim Böhme (November 18, 1944 in Bad Dürrenberg, Province of Saxony – November 22, 1999) was a politician for a short period of time after the collapse of the communist regime in the German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany.
  • Before becoming involved in politics, Böhme had worked numerous different jobs, including as a cook, waiter, bricklayer, teacher, and historian.
  • In the late 1980s he is also known to have been a human rights advocate associated with the Initiative for Peace and Human Rights. He was a cofounder of the Social Democratic Party in the GDR in October 1989, and was elected its first full-time chairman at the party's first regular congress in January 1990.
  • He led the party to second place in East Germany's first and only free election, on 18 March 1990, and was slated to be a senior minister in the grand coalition led by Lothar de Maizière.
  • While coalition talks were underway, the weekly magazine Der Spiegel reported on 24 March 1990 that Böhme had been an informer for the Stasi since 1969.
  • He had infiltrated opposition circles in East Berlin in 1985.
  • Although Böhme denied this, he was forced to resign on 1 April.
  • He was expelled from the Social Democratic Party in 1992 for "serious party-damaging behavior".
  • Böhme was one of many East German citizens to have been discovered to be Stasi informants during the Communist era, sometimes ruining personal relationships as well as careers. In 1992 a book about Böhme titled Comrade Judas: The Two Lives of Ibrahim Böhme, written by Birgit Lahann, was published in Germany.Ibrahim Böhme died of heart complications in Berlin on November 22, 1999 at the age of 55.
  • He denied the accusations of him being a Stasi informer up to his death.

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