Günter Apel

Günter Apel (born February 16, 1927 in Weimar ; † November 29, 2007 in Hamburg ) was a German trade unionist and politician ( SPD ).

Life and work

Apel was the son of the agricultural councilor Kurt Apel and grew up in Weimar, where he worked as a history teacher for several years after the end of the war . In 1950 he fled to West Berlin, completed a diploma course at the School of Politics there and then moved to Hamburg in 1953 for the German Employees' Union (DAG; today ver.di ). From 1963 a member of the federal executive board, he was elected deputy chairman of the DAG in 1967. Apel was a member of the Advisory Board of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation from 1960 to 1972 .

Gravestone of Günter Apel and his wife Ursula (née Stavenow)

Günter Apel died on November 29, 2007 in Hamburg. He found his final resting place in the Hamburg cemetery in Ohlsdorf .

MP

Apel was a member of the Hamburg parliament from 1974 to the June 1982 elections and from the December 1982 to 1986 elections . His mandate was suspended until March 2, 1983 because of his membership in the Senate. From March 2, 1983 to April 10, 1986, he was the next-appointed candidate for the Senatorial Council, before Jürgen Steinert , who had been elected chairman of the General Association of the Housing Industry, finally succeeded in the citizenship until the end of the electoral term.

Public offices

In 1971 Apel was elected to the Hamburg Senate and sent to the Hamburg school authorities as the successor to Peter Schulz as President . During his tenure as school senator, a new school constitution law was passed in 1973, which gave parents and pupils more participation, as well as a new school law in 1977.

After the state elections of 1978, Apel first became the representative of the Hamburg Senate at the federal government. Shortly before leaving, he was a building senator for a few months.

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personal data
SURNAME	Apel, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German trade unionists and politicians (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH	February 16, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weimar
DATE OF DEATH	November 29, 2007
Place of death	Hamburg