Ernst Heinsen

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Ernst Heinsen (born February 23, 1924 in Nuremberg ; † January 7, 2013 ) was a German lawyer and former Hamburg politician ( SPD ). From 1966 to 1974 he was a member of the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg as a Justice Senator and as a representative of Hamburg to the federal government.

Life

The grandson of the mayor of Nuremberg, Hermann Luppe , who had been deposed by the National Socialists, grew up in Hamburg from the age of ten , where he graduated from high school in 1942 and - after military service and imprisonment - began studying law in 1946. During his studies he was involved in the Socialist German Student Union (SDS) and worked as a federal secretary under his mentor Helmut Schmidt in 1947/48.

After completing his doctorate and the second state examination in law (1953), Heinsen initially worked as an authorized signatory in an auditing and tax consulting company and then established himself as a lawyer.

In 1966 he was elected to the Hamburg Senate and was initially Hamburg's representative to the federal government, before taking over the office of Justice Senator in 1970 . In 1973/74 he was “Federal Senator” for a few more months. In the state elections in Hamburg in 1970 he was elected to the state parliament for one term. From February 19, 1971, however, the mandate was suspended after a constitutional amendment because of membership in the Senate.

After leaving the Senate, Heinsen worked again as a lawyer, but continued to perform voluntary functions, for example in the Hamburg Justice Deputation (until 1982) and in the Broadcasting Council of Deutsche Welle (until 1977).

Ernst Heinsen died on January 7, 2013 at the age of 88.

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SURNAME Heinsen, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and Senator from Hamburg (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 2013