Günter Ploß

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Günter Ploß (left) with Christian Zahn at the May rally of the DGB in Hamburg 2018
Günter Ploß, October 2016

Günter Ploß (born July 1, 1947 in Hamburg ) is a German trade unionist and social politician . From 1971 to 1991 he was union secretary at the German Employees' Union (DAG, today ver.di ). From 2005 to 2014 he was honorary president of the Hamburger Sportbund .

biography

education

Günter Ploß, the son of a carpenter and a saleswoman , completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk from 1964 to 1967 after finishing secondary school in Hamburg . From 1967 to 1968 he did his military service in Flensburg . He then used the opportunities offered by the second education path and studied at the University of Economics and Politics (HWP) in Hamburg from 1968 to 1971 (graduating with a degree in business administration ).

Professional background

Günter Ploß has been a member of the DAG since 1971 and joined the SPD in 1972 . From 1971 to 1991 he worked as a union secretary at the German employees' union in the youth and social security sector. Then from 1991 to 2012 he worked for the Association of Substitute Funds eV (vdek), initially as head of the Schleswig-Holstein state representation and in the same position in Hamburg from 2001. Since 1993 he has been a DAG and ver.di member of the representative assembly and the Federal Assembly of Representatives of the German Pension Insurance Federation (formerly the Federal Insurance Agency for Salaried Employees , BfA). In the 2017 social elections, he was re-elected to the Representative Assembly of the German Pension Insurance Association (DRV). ver.di has established a nationwide dialogue between the members of the self-administration in the social insurance and the insured there with the internet platform "Sozialversicherung-watch". Günter Ploß gives information about his activities and supports insured persons with their inquiries.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Ploß was awarded the DOSB badge of honor. German Olympic Sports Confederation . July 1, 2015, accessed November 10, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Ploß, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trade unionists and social politicians
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg