Michael Buback (February 16, 1945) is a chemist and professor at
Göttingen University. He is the son of
Siegfried Buback, the former chief federal prosecutor of
Germany who was assassinated by
Red Army Fraction (RAF) militant group in the
German Autumn 1977.
Biography
Buback was born in
Nobitz,
Thuringia and due to his father's judicial career he attended school in five different towns and cities before having his
Abitur
''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...
school exam in
Karlsruhe. In 1963 he began to study chemistry at
Karlsruhe University and finished with honors in 1967. Five years later Buback was awarded a doctorate and another 6 years later he habilitated. In 1981 he got a professorship for applied physical chemistry at
Göttingen University, where he was elected dean of the faculty from 1989 to 1991. In 1995 he accepted the position of a professorship for technical and macromolecular chemistry at
Göttingen University. Michael Buback has been a member of the Academy of Sciences in
Göttingen since 2000. In January 2008 he accepted the position of the vice president of the
Polymer Division of the
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
He is married and has two children.
Michael Buback, his father and the former RAF
In April 2007, 30 years after the assassination, Siegfried Buback's violent death became the subject of public discussion again when Michael Buback was contacted by former RAF member
Peter-Jürgen Boock. Boock shared details with Buback's son indicating that it was
Stefan Wisniewski who had fired the gun at Siegfried Buback.
Who Assassinated Siegfried Buback? Germany Revisits RAF Terrorism Verdict – International – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News
/ref> Michael Buback published the results of own investigations concerning the assassination of his father in the book ''Der zweite Tod meines Vaters'' (The Second Death of My Father) in 2008. An extended issue was released in October 2009.
References
External links
* ttp://www.uni-pc.gwdg.de/buback/Mitarbeiter/Buback_English.htm Vitae Michael Buback
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1945 births
Living people
People from Altenburger Land
21st-century German chemists
Academic staff of the University of Göttingen
20th-century German chemists