Adalbert Höhne

Adalbert Höhne (right) with Senator Ernst Weiß , around 1972

Wenzel Otto Adalbert Höhne (born August 15, 1928 in Bremen ; † February 28, 1976 ) was a German trade unionist and member of the Hamburg Parliament for the SPD .

Live and act

After attending elementary and middle school, Adalbert Höhne did an apprenticeship as a precision mechanic and volunteered in the youth union. In 1950 he went to the USA to study . In 1951 he became youth secretary at the German Trade Union Federation (DGB) Hamburg. This was followed by studies at the University of Economics and Politics in Hamburg from 1953 to 1955 with the degree of social economist (grad.). From 1955 to 1964 he worked as a secretary for the chemical-paper-ceramic union in Hamburg and Hanover . From 1964 to 1969 he was chairman of the DGB Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg . In November 1969 he became managing director of the union's own housing association Neue Heimat Nord .

From 1966 to the beginning of 1976 he was a member of the Hamburg Parliament for the SPD, was a member of the SPD parliamentary group executive committee from 1966 to 1970 and worked, among other things, on the port and economy committee, the interior committee and the social policy committee. He made the headlines several times. Around 1969, when representatives of the trade union youth demonstrated for more influence in the DGB, or when office felt in the Hanseatic city was discussed. His name was also mentioned in connection with the New Home Scandal .

Albert Höhne died in February 1976. He left behind his wife and two children.

literature

• Hinnerk Fock (editor): Handbook of the Hamburg Parliament, personal details, 8th electoral term, Hamburg (database of representatives of the Hamburg Parliament)
• It won't be nice . In: Der Spiegel . No. 9 , 1974 ( online ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ DGB youth . In: Der Spiegel . No. 45 , 1969 ( online ).
2. ^ Hans Otto Eglau: Hamburg's red oligarchs . In: The time . No. February 9 , 1974 ( zeit.de ).