Gerd Scholz

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Gerd Scholz (born September 13, 1935 in Wuppertal ) is a former city ​​councilor and parliamentary group leader of the SPD in Wuppertal and former chairman of the board of the Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal .

Life

The trained banker and savings bank economist had been employed by Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal since 1954. He joined the SPD in 1966 and was a citizen representative from 1969 to 1975, city councilor from May 4, 1975 to May 14, 1982 and first deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group from 1977 to October 1, 1984, then on Walter Jahnke's proposal in 1978 as his successor Group leader.

In 1982 Scholz resigned his council mandate to run for the position of Wuppertal City Director , an office that Friedrich Platte had held until then . The qualification requirements for this position were the second state examination in law or many years of relevant administrative experience, which Scholz did not meet, according to his critics. He was not elected against the votes of the opposition from the CDU and FDP, who doubted his professional qualifications, as well as seven SPD mandate holders from his own SPD parliamentary group.

In the local elections on September 30, 1984 Gerd Scholz was re-elected to the council, and on October 1, 1984 his parliamentary group again appointed him chairman. On April 18, 1988, the then mayor Ursula Kraus adopted him into political retirement.

In 1988 he moved to the board of the Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal and was a chairman from 1995 to the end of 1999. The Stadtsparkasse said goodbye to Scholz at the end of 1999 in a ceremony in the glass hall on the Johannisberg .

Scholz is Chairman of the Administrative Board of the Wuppertal University Social Welfare Service . On February 8, 2007, Gerd Scholz, as chairman appointed by the rectorate, opened the constituent meeting of a new review committee, which receives complaints from students about the quality of the teaching and study organization of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal .

Gerd Scholz is a member of the public services, transport and traffic union , the workers 'welfare , the Wasserfreunde Wuppertal and the Elberfeld Südstadt citizens' association . He is married and has a daughter.

Honors

Gerd Scholz was awarded the ring of honor of the city of Wuppertal in 1988 . He has been the holder of the August Fassbender Order since 1981 . In January 2016 he received the Medal of Honor from the Bergische Universität.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Information from Ulf Klebert, managing director of the SPD parliamentary group in the council of the city of Wuppertal, with email dated June 3, 2008
  2. ^ A case of career - Bunte Illustrierte from June 16, 1982
  3. ^ SPD candidate failed - Rheinische Post Radevormwald, May 19, 1982
  4. ^ No chance - Remscheider General-Anzeiger, May 19, 1982
  5. ^ Despite the defeat: Gerd Scholz continues to work for the SPD - BILD newspaper, May 19, 1982
  6. ^ Council adopts Scholz and Brausch - Westdeutsche Zeitung / General-Anzeiger Wuppertal, July 23, 1988
  7. ↑ Scholz adopted - Wuppertaler Rundschau January 5, 2000
  8. ^ Chairman of the Board of Directors of the University Social Welfare Service , press archive Uni Wuppertal, accessed June 2008
  9. ↑ Use of tuition fees ( Memento from April 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Wuppertal.de, accessed June 2008
  10. ↑ Gerd Scholz Chairman of the new review committee at the University of Wuppertal ( memento from June 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), University of Wuppertal, accessed June 2008
  11. ↑ List of winners of the ring of honor of the city of Wuppertal ( Memento from February 21, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Werner-Steinbach.de, accessed May 2008
  12. ↑ Awarded the August Fassbender Order to Gerd Scholz (1981) ( Memento from September 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed June 2008
  13. ↑ Medal of Honor from the Bergische Universität Wuppertal for Gerd Scholz - Press Office - BERGISCHE UNIVERSITÄT WUPPERTAL. In: uni-wuppertal.de. www.presse.uni-wuppertal.de, accessed on April 15, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Scholz, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD) and chairman of the board of the Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal (1995–1999)
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal