Ernst Schellenberg (politician)
Ernst Schellenberg (born February 20, 1907 in Berlin , † June 6, 1984 in West Berlin ) was a German politician ( SPD ).
biography
education and profession
Schellenberg completed an apprenticeship in social security and welfare. Until 1933 he worked in the field of social security and social welfare. He came to the private German School of Politics without a school leaving examination . He became an assistant and lecturer at the University Institute for Insurance Sciences and in 1933 he received his doctorate . From 1933 he was employed by a private insurance company. In 1938 he became head of the calculation department at the Reich Association of Private Insurance in Berlin. From 1942 he worked as a seminar leader at the Berlin University Institute for Insurance Science.
From 1946 to 1948 he was Professor of Insurance and Director at the Institute for Social Affairs and Insurance at the Humboldt University in Berlin . In 1947 he became an associate professor as director of the Institute for Social Policy and Insurance at Humboldt University.
After the Second World War he was the deputy head of the social affairs department in the city council of Greater Berlin , then director of the Berlin insurance company , the health insurance company and, until 1958, the general local health insurance fund in Berlin .
politics
From 1929 to 1933 Schellenberg was a member of the KPD . In 1948 he joined the SPD.
Schellenberg belonged to the German Bundestag from the increase in the number of Berlin deputies on February 1, 1952 to 1976. From 1957 to 1972 he was chairman of the social policy working group of the SPD parliamentary group and until 1976 also chairman of the Bundestag committee for social policy. From December 13, 1966 to June 11, 1975 he was deputy group chairman.
In the 1965 Bundestag election campaign , Schellenberg was part of the government team of the SPD chancellor candidate Willy Brandt , which he presented at the SPD party congress in Karlsruhe in November 1964 , and was designated as Minister of Social Affairs in the event of an election victory . When the grand coalition was formed in 1966, however, this office went to Hans Katzer , and in 1969 to Walter Arendt in the social-liberal coalition .
He is buried in the Dahlem forest cemetery.
Honors
- In 1965 Schellenberg received the Great Federal Cross of Merit with a Star .
- In 1972 he received the shoulder ribbon for the Federal Cross of Merit.
- He was awarded the Grand Cross in 1976.
- He was awarded the Marie Juchacz plaque from the Arbeiterwohlfahrt in 1977.
literature
- Walter Henkels : 99 Bonn heads , revised and supplemented edition, Fischer-Bücherei, Frankfurt am Main 1965, p. 215ff.
- Reinhart Bartholomäi (Hrsg.): Social policy after 1945. History and analyzes. Prof. Dr. Ernst Schellenberg on his 70th birthday . Verlag Neue Gesellschaft, Bonn 1977, ISBN 3-87831-244-X , p. 17-20 .
- Gunter Lange : The "professor" of little people - social policy with competence and passion. Ernst Schellenberg (1907–1984) on his 100th birthday . Ed .: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (= History Discussion Group . H. 74). Historical Research Center, Bonn 2008, ISBN 978-3-89892-768-0 ( library.fes.de [PDF; accessed on May 3, 2013]).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schellenberg, Ernst, Prof. Dr. In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Saalfeld to Szyszka] (= KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , pp. 1074-1075 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 798 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).
Web links
- Ernst Schellenberg in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schellenberg, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1984 |
| Place of death | West Berlin |