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| name          = Werner Dollinger
| image         = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F017055-0030, Paris, Einweihung Deutsche Botschaft, Dollinger.jpg
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| office        = [[Federal Ministry for the Treasury|Federal Minister for the Treasury]]
| term_start    = 14 December 1962
| term_end      = 30 November 1966
| chancellor    = [[Konrad Adenauer]] (until 1963)<br />[[Ludwig Erhard]]
| predecessor   = Hans Lenz
| successor     = [[Kurt Schmücker]]
| office1        = [[Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development|Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation]]
| chancellor1    = [[Ludwig Erhard]]
| term_start1    = 28 October 1966
| term_end1      = 30 November 1966
| predecessor1   = [[Walter Scheel]]
| successor1     = [[Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski]]
| office2        = [[Federal Ministry of Post and Telecommunications|Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications]]
| chancellor2    = [[Kurt Georg Kiesinger]]
| term_start2    = 1 December 1966
| term_end2      = 21 October 1969
| predecessor2   = [[Richard Stücklen]]
| successor2     = [[Georg Leber]]
| office3        = [[Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure|Federal Minister of Transport]]
| term_start3    = 4 October 1982
| term_end3      = 12 March 1987 
| predecessor3   = [[Volker Hauff]]
| successor3     = [[Jürgen Warnke]]
| office4        = Member of the [[Bundestag]]
| term_start4    = 6 October 1953
| term_end4      = 20 December 1990 
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1918|10|10|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Neustadt an der Aisch]], Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2008|01|03|1918|10|10|df=y}}
| death_place   = Neustadt an der Aisch, [[Bavaria]], Germany
| party         = [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria]] (CSU)
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'''Werner Dollinger''' (10 October 1918 – 3 January 2008) was a German politician and [[economist]], a member of the [[Christian Social Union in Bavaria]] (CSU). He served as [[Federal Ministry for the Treasury|Federal Minister for the Treasury]] from 1962 to 1966, [[Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development|Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation]] in 1966, [[Federal Ministry of Post and Telecommunications|Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications]] from 1966 to 1969, and as [[Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure|Federal Minister of Transport]] from 1982 to 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-08-05|title=Dollinger, Werner|url=https://www.kas.de/en/static-contents-detail/-/content/dollinger-werner|access-date=2021-03-07|website=kas.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Die Stadt Neustadt a.d.Aisch trauert tief bewegt um ihren Ehrenbürger Herrn Dr. Werner Dollinger|url=https://www.neustadt-aisch.de/seite/de/aischtal/1670/-/zurueck.html|access-date=2021-03-07|website=Stadt Neustadt an der Aisch - Zentral im Aischtal|language=de}}</ref>

==Life==
Born in [[Neustadt an der Aisch]] in [[Middle Franconia]], Dollinger studied economics and social sciences in [[Nuremberg]], at the [[Goethe University Frankfurt]] and at the [[Technische Universität München|Technische Hochschule München]]. He obtained an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] (''Diplom-Kaufmann'') degree in 1940 and two years later gained his [[Doctor (title)|doctorate]]. From 1943 to 1945, Dollinger served in the [[Wehrmacht]] armed forces during [[World War II]].

Back in his hometown after the war, he joined his father-in-law's brickyard business. He became chairman of the local Chamber of Commerce in 1948 and of the Middle Franconian clay industry association in 1952. As a [[Protestantism|Protestant]], Dollinger was a synod member of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria]] from 1965 to 1995 and of the [[Evangelical Church in Germany]] from 1971 to 1991.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Werner Dollinger - Munzinger Biographie|url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Werner+Dollinger/0/6220.html|access-date=2021-03-07|website=munzinger.de}}</ref>

==Politics==
In 1946 Dollinger was one of the founding members of the Christian Social Union branch in Neustadt an der Aisch. He was elected [[city council]]lor and deputy in the district assembly. He also acted as CSU district chairman from 1951 to 1972, as a councillor in the party's district committee, and joined the state executive in 1957. At the [[1953 West German federal election|1953 federal elections]], Dollinger was elected to the West German [[Bundestag]] parliament. He joined the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]/CSU group executive committee, became vice chairman in 1957 and head of the CSU regional group in 1961. Re-elected several times, he remained a Bundestag MP until 1990. In 1956 he also joined the Common Assembly of the [[European Coal and Steel Community]].

On 14 December 1962 Dollinger was appointed Federal Minister for the Treasury in the last cabinet of Chancellor [[Konrad Adenauer]], an office he retained under Adenauer's successor [[Ludwig Erhard]]. In 1966 he also served as Minister for Economic Cooperation, after Minister [[Walter Scheel]] and his [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] cabinet colleagues had resigned. In the succeeding [[Grand coalition (Germany)|grand coalition]] cabinet of Chancellor [[Kurt Georg Kiesinger]], Dollinger was appointed [[Federal Ministry of Post and Telecommunications|Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications]]. He lost his office when [[Willy Brandt]] formed the [[social–liberal coalition]] after the [[1969 West German federal election|1969 federal elections]].

13 years later, Dollinger once again entered the Federal Government, when he was appointed [[Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure|Federal Minister of Transport]] in the cabinet of Chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]] on 4 October 1982. He finally retired after the [[1987 West German federal election|1987 elections]]. He died at his home in Neustadt an der Aisch.

==Honours==
*[[Bavarian Order of Merit]] (1961)
*[[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Grand Cross of Merit with Star]] of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969)
*[[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria|Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash]] for Services to the Republic of Austria (1969)
*Grand Cross of Merit with Star and Sash of the Federal Republic of Germany (1973)

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