Paul Wilken

Paul H. Wilken (born July 3, 1898 in Hamburg ; † May 3, 1969 there ) was a German politician ( CDU ).

Life and work

After finishing secondary school, Paul Wilken completed an apprenticeship with a carpenter's examination and then worked at the building trade school. He studied at the Technical University of Darmstadt and graduated with a diploma in 1924. After having worked for a number of construction companies for some time, he joined the F. Wilken & Sohn company as a co-owner .

After the Nazi era , he was elected President of the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts from 1945 to 1953 . After his parliamentary work, he was still chairman of the administrative board of Hamburger Sparcasse from 1827 and member of the supervisory board of Hamburger Volksbank from 1861 , NOVA health insurance and VELA life insurance .

politics

In 1946, Wilken was appointed to the Appointed Citizenship by the British occupying forces as a representative of the Chamber of Crafts . Initially belonging to the non-party faction , he joined the CDU faction in June 1946 with the group around Mayor Rudolf Petersen . On October 13, 1946, he moved into the first freely elected Hamburg parliament since 1933 for the CDU and was a member of parliament until 1957. During this time he also took over the CDU parliamentary group chairmanship from June to November 1946. From 1951 to 1953 he served as Vice President of the Citizenship.

In 1953 he entered the government of the Hamburg Block under the First Mayor Kurt Sieveking as a building senator. During this time as a senator he was accused of amalgamating official and private affairs. 1954 had to resign from this post under increasing pressure. He retained his mandate as a member of parliament until the end of the electoral term.

literature

• Erich Lüth (editor): The Hamburg citizenship 1946–1971. Hamburg 1971.
• Helmut Stubbe da Luz : From “Working Group” to Big City Party - 40 Years of the Christian Democratic Union in Hamburg (1945–1985). State Political Society Hamburg, Hamburg 1985, p. 267.
• Hamburg and its crafts - Hamburg Chamber of Crafts 1873–1973. With a contribution by Erich Lüth, Hamburg 1973.