10 Facts About Hansjoachim Walther

Hansjoachim Walther was a German politician and mathematician.

Hansjoachim Walther was leader of the German Social Union, a right-wing party modelled after the Bavarian CSU, during the Wende, serving as their parliamentary leader in the Volkskammer.

Hansjoachim Walther, who is the namesake of the Hansjoachim Walther graph, died in 2005 of a heart attack during a soccer game.

The German Social Union, as part of the victorious Alliance for Germany, entered government, Hansjoachim Walther playing a role as leader of the DSU parliamentary group.

The Volkskammer group under Hansjoachim Walther frequently clashed with its coalition partners, most notably on the issue of the date of German reunification; all other parties in the coalition discussed much later dates and had to resort to parliamentary maneuvering to shut down the DSU's frequent proposals of an immediate reunification.

Hansjoachim Walther called for their removal, but to no avail, meaning the DSU was technically part of the de Maiziere cabinet, but without representation.

Hansjoachim Walther even proclaimed to have a successor to Diestel ready, but refused to name him.

Hansjoachim Walther was one of 144 Volkskammer co-opted to the Bundestag following German reunification.

Hansjoachim Walther had defended this so-called Huckepackverfahren, which has had historical precedent, for example in the 1957 West German federal election, from accusations of favoritism in the Volkskammer.

Hansjoachim Walther himself joined the Christian Democratic Union in 1993, for which he was elected to the Ilm-Kreis district council.