Peter Boenisch

Peter Boenisch (May 4, 1927 in Berlin – July 8, 2005 in Gmund am Tegernsee) was a German columnist and journalist.

Life 
Boenisch worked as journalist for 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 German newspaper Die Welt.
From 19 May 1983 to 14. June 1985 Boenisch was speaker of Helmut Kohl's 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

External links 

 
 Sprecher mit beschränkter Vollmacht, by Gerhard Spörl in Zeit, Nr. 11, 9 March 1984

References 

Category:German journalists
Category:1927 births
Category:2005 deaths
Category:Bild people
Category:Die Welt people
Category:German magazine founders
Category:Deaths from cancer in Germany
Category:Recipients of the Bavarian Order of Merit
Category:Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Category:Writers from Berlin