Gerhard Bothur

Gerhard Bothur (born January 10, 1905 in Berlin , † August 3, 1971 in Wiesbaden ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and civil servant .

Life and work

Gerhard Bothur graduated from elementary school in Berlin, then passed his secondary school exams and attended higher commercial school. After an office apprenticeship and student traineeship, he joined the municipal service of the city of Berlin in 1925. After attending the seminar for youth welfare in Berlin, he was officially recognized as a social worker in 1928 . Bothur attended the German School of Politics in Berlin, the Berlin School of Management and the Berlin Administration Academy . From 1930 to 1933 he was a senior municipal and social worker, from which he was dismissed in 1933 for political reasons. He then worked as a freelance tax consultant from 1934 to 1939. In 1938 Gerhard Bothur passed the specialist examination for auditing and fiduciary management. Gerhard Bothur took part in the Second World War as a soldier and was a prisoner of war in the USA .

Party and associations

From 1919 to 1932 Gerhard Bothur was a member of the Socialist Workers' Youth. Gerhard Bothur had been a member of the SPD since 1922. He was Vice President of the German Red Cross in Westphalia-Lippe.

MP

From 1927 to 1933 Gerhard Bothur was citizen's deputy for the SPD at the Berlin-Schöneberg district office .

From 1953 to 1954 Gerhard Bothur was a member of the Landscape Assembly Westphalia-Lippe .

From 1954 to 1957 he was in the 3rd legislative period a member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia in constituency 145 (Minden-Nord).

Public offices

In December 1945, Gerhard Bothur was appointed full-time district administrator of the Minden district by the British military government ; he held this office until April 1946. From April 1946 to February 1954 he was senior district director of the Minden district. From 1954 to 1957 he was regional councilor at the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association . From February 1957 to October 1958 Gerhard Bothur was State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance of North Rhine-Westphalia under Minister Willi Weyer (FDP). From 1960 until he retired in 1967, Gerhard Bothur was senior city director of the city of Duisburg .

Web links

• Gerhard Bothur at the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia

predecessor	Office	successor
Erich Kühn	District Administrator of the Minden District 1945 - 1946	Willy Michel