Politicians always choose their words carefully. Knowing full well that every word is weighed on the famous golden scale. Jörg-Uwe Hahn (FDP) knows this very well. Vilbeler has been a member of the Hessian state parliament for 35 years – with various functions. Parliamentary Group Leader of the FDP, Minister of Justice and Integration, Deputy Prime Minister. This should end at the end of this term.
Looking forward to January 18, 2024, Jörg-Uwe Hahn will say goodbye to state politics. Now the 66-year-old could make a statement, think sentence by sentence why he made this decision. But Hahn doesn’t think twice. “Now it’s okay”.
Although he will run again in his 25th constituency in Wetterau next year, a direct election victory and entry into the state parliament are extremely unlikely. “I’m aiming for a place of honor at the end of the state list,” says Hahn. This sealed the withdrawal from state policy. A decision that the independent politician and lawyer did not make overnight. Hahn – a widower for about two and a half years – wants to take better care of his family. “I have to ask myself how my life is supposed to go. This is a very personal decision for me ”.
Hahn has a long political career and has been nominated ten times for the Hessian state parliament. “If I retire in 2024, I have been there for a total of 37 years.” Volker Bouffier (CDU). “I think you have to change every ten years at the latest. Otherwise it becomes too much of a habit. I’ve always managed to do it well over the years ”. He describes the last few years as “good times” or “very good”. Obviously there have been ups and downs. “But obviously the positive prevails over that.” He is proud to have experienced German reunification as a member of the state parliament. “We were on the border of the area, in Erfurt and Weimar. It is part of contemporary history. This is definitely something special ”.
Of course, so much time also left “scratches”. “You have to be able to deal with it. The years as a minister have not always been easy, but you do it to make a difference ”.
CAREER
In 1975 Jörg-Uwe Hahn Graduated from Friedberg’s Augustinerschule, he then studied law in Frankfurt. From 1983 to 2009 and from 2014 he worked as a freelance lawyer in Frankfurt am Main. In 1973 he joined the FDP. In April 1977 he was first elected to the Wetterau district council and in April 1987 to the state parliament of Hesse. From 23 April 2005 to February 2014 he was state president of FDPHessen. From 5 February 2009 to 18 January 2014 Hahn was Minister of Justice, Integration and Europe of Hesse and Deputy Prime Minister.
From May 2011 to May 2020 Member of the municipal council of Bad Vilbel. Then for about a year he volunteered the city’s social affairs department. Since 2021 he has been a city councilor.
Hahn has been a member of the Wetterau district council again since July 2016; from April 2021 president of the FDP parliamentary group. Since October 2021 he is not only a member, but also a vice-president of the regional assembly of southern Hesse. wpa
Hahn became Hesse’s prime minister of integration in 2009. “Don’t forget such a thing.” When he started studying law, there were two reasons. Feed the family as a lawyer and enter state politics. “I got exactly what I wanted to achieve.”
The 66-year-old doesn’t want to retire from Bad Vilbel’s district council and politics: Hahn is a city councilor in his hometown. On the contrary. “I’m not the type to go from 100 to 0 overnight.” After all, he started his political career on the district council 40 years ago. “We still have ideas and we still have the power.” He continues before the end of the legislature in the commission of inquiry into the Hanau attack. “It needs to be completed as soon as possible. Relatives should finally be able to cry.” In addition, he wants to devote himself to his work on the supervisory board of WV Energie AG.
One point is particularly important for Hahn as well. “I want and will find more time for my friends. I dumped too much on my family and neglected too many people, especially in the 90s and early 2000s. That won’t happen to me again. “
And it could also be that Hahn will appear again at the state level. The 66-year-old has a special topic in mind. “I’m starting to think about doing more for the elderly,” he says. Hahn is a fan of using more of emerging young people, “I’ve been a friend who has been of age to vote for 16, but I think we have to ask ourselves how we deal with the older ones,” he says, adding with a laugh: “If he continues thus, the Liberal Seniors could attract attention. “
