Gerhard Lütkens

Gerhard Lütkens (born January 5, 1893 in Pinneberg ; † November 17, 1955 in Bonn ) was a German SPD politician .

Gerhard Lütkens studied law and political science and took part in the festival of free German youth on the Hoher Meissner in 1913 . In 1920 he joined the Foreign Service of the German Reich and was a. a. active in the USA , Italy and the Balkans . In 1936 he resigned from the foreign service as consul in Galatz .

Lütkens was a member of the German Bundestag from the first election in 1949 until his death. He was elected to parliament via the North Rhine-Westphalian state list of the SPD. The main focus of his political activity was foreign policy ; he was also a member of the German delegation for the Interparliamentary Union (IPU). From 1950 to 1955 Lütkens was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe . Shortly before his death in 1955, he was elected Vice-President of the Assembly of the Western European Union (WEU).

Publications

• The parliamentary opposition in foreign policy. Duties, opportunities and tasks. In: Foreign Policy. 1951, No. 6, pp. 398-407.

literature

• Maria Keipert (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 3: Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: L – R. Schöningh, Paderborn u. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-71842-6 , pp. 116-117.

Web links

• Literature by and about Gerhard Lütkens in the catalog of the German National Library