Alwin Brück
Alwin Brück (born September 23, 1931 in Holz (Heusweiler) ; † February 14, 2020 ) was a German politician ( SPD ). From 1974 to 1982 he was Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development .
Life
After graduating from secondary school , Brück completed a traineeship at the Saar Volksstimme from 1949 to 1951 , for which he also worked as an editor until 1953 . In 1955 he joined the editorial team of the Saarbrücker Allgemeine Zeitung . In 1960 he became chief of the service and in 1963 deputy editor-in-chief. Alwin Brück was married and had two children. He died in February 2020 at the age of 88.
Political activities
From 1947 Brück became involved with the Socialist Youth of Germany - Die Falken , of which he was state chairman in Saarland from 1956 to 1967. In 1952 he was involved in founding the pro-German German Social Democratic Party (DSP), which was not approved in Saarland until 1955. From 1960 he was a member of the Saarland SPD regional executive committee. From 1960 to 1973 Brück was a member of the municipal council of his hometown of Holz. From 1965 to 1990 he was a member of the German Bundestag . From 1969 to 1974 he was chairman of the Committee for Economic Cooperation . In May 1974 he was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation in the Federal Government led by Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt . After the election of Helmut Kohl as Federal Chancellor, Brück left the Federal Government on October 1, 1982. Alwin Brück was most recently (11th electoral period 1987) directly elected member of the Saarbrücken II constituency with 46.4% of the votes .
Honors
On January 19, 1976, Brück was awarded the Saarland Order of Merit. In 1981 he was honorary senator of the University of Saarland .
literature
- Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 104.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ SPD politician Alwin Brück is dead. In: sr.de . February 16, 2020, accessed February 16, 2020 .
- ^ Johannes Schäfer: The autonomous Saarland. Democracy in the Saar state 1945–1957. Röhrig, St. Ingbert 2012, ISBN 978-3-86110-513-8 , p. 212.
- ^ Announcement of awards of the Saarland Order of Merit . In: Head of the State Chancellery (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Saarland . No. 4 . Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH, Saarbrücken January 28, 1976, p. 67 ( uni-saarland.de [PDF; accessed on May 25, 2017]).
- ↑ Honorary Senators. Saarland University, accessed on February 17, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brück, Alwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wood |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 2020 |