About Peter Boenisch
Lived 1927 – 2005 (aged 78). Peter Boenisch was a German journalist and writer.
Peter Boenisch (4 May 1927 in Berlin – 8 July 2005 in Gmund am Tegernsee) was a German columnist and journalist.
Life Boenisch worked as journalist for the West German newspaper Bild, where he became in 1961 editor-in-chief. He was the founder of magazine Bravo. From 1978 to 1981 he worked for the West German newspaper Die Welt. From 19 May 1983 to 14 June 1985 Boenisch was speaker of Helmut Kohl's West German cabinet. In 2001, he became president of organisation Union-Clubs von 1867. Boenisch married three times.
Awards Bavarian Order of Merit 2003: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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German journalist and author (1927–2005)
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Peter Boenisch was born on 4 May 1927 in Berlin.
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Peter Boenisch died on 8 July 2005 in Gmund am Tegernsee.
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Peter Boenisch was a journalist and writer.
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