Hans Hermsdorf
Hans Hermsdorf (born December 23, 1914 in Berlin ; † December 30, 2001 in Hamburg ) was a German politician ( SPD ).
From 1971 to 1974 he was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance .
Life and work
After attending secondary school in Chemnitz, Hermsdorf did a commercial apprenticeship as a commercial clerk in Saxony . In 1935 he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for illegal political activity, and after serving the road in 1937 he was placed under police supervision. He did military service from 1943 and was taken prisoner by the Soviets in 1944.
In 1946 Hermsdorf left the Soviet occupation zone because of his opposition to the forced unification of the SPD and KPD and went to Lower Saxony . From 1949 to 1963 he was personal advisor to the SPD party and parliamentary group leader Erich Ollenhauer . In 1953 he also became President of the German Society for International Youth Exchange. In 1969 Hermsdorf was involved with others in founding the Berlin Science Center ( WZB ). From June 1, 1974 to the end of 1982, Hermsdorf was President of the State Central Bank of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and thus also a member of the Central Bank Council of the Deutsche Bundesbank . The Central Bank Council had appealed against Hermsdorf's appointment as President of the State Central Bank, but this was overruled by the Federal Council.
Political party
Hermsdorf had been a member of the Socialist Workers' Youth (SAJ) since 1928 and a member of the SPD since 1932. In 1945 he was elected to the state executive committee of the SPD Saxony (until 1946). From 1946 to 1949 he was employed by the SPD as the central secretary of the Young Socialists . In 1968 he became deputy federal treasurer of the SPD.
MP
Hermsdorf was a member of the German Bundestag from 1953 until his resignation on May 30, 1974 . There he was from 1957 to 1965 deputy chairman of the audit committee and from 1969 to May 12, 1971 deputy chairman of the budget committee . From 1969 to 1972 he headed working group V “Public Finance” of the SPD parliamentary group.
Hans Hermsdorf entered the Bundestag in 1953, 1965 and 1969 via the Lower Saxony state list and otherwise as a directly elected member of the Cuxhaven constituency .
Public offices
In 1945 Hermsdorf was appointed mayor of Oberlichtenau and, until 1946, of Chemnitz, but had to resign because of opposition to the forced unification of the SPD with the KPD to form the SED .
From May 13, 1971 to April 1, 1974 Hermsdorf was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Finance (until 1972 to the Federal Minister of Economics and Finance). In this capacity he was also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Salzgitter Group and Volkswagen AG .
Honors
- 1968: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1973: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1982: Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
See also
literature
Beatrix Wrede-Bouvier / Horst-Peter Schulz. ... but the SPD has ceased to exist. Bonn. 1991
Web links
Hans Hermsdorf ( Central Secretary 1946–1949) | Werner Buchstaller ( Central Secretary 1949–1959) | Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (1959–1962) | Holger Börner (1962–1963) | Günther Müller (1963–1967) | Peter Corterier (1967–1969) | Karsten Voigt (1969–1972) | Wolfgang Roth (1972–1974) | Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (1974–1977) | Klaus Uwe Benneter (1977) | Gerhard Schröder (1978–1980) | Willi Piecyk (1980–1982) | Rudolf Hartung (1982–1984) | Ulf Skirke (1984–1986) | Michael Guggemos (1986–1988) | Susi Möbbeck (1988–1991) | Ralf Ludwig (1991–1993) | Thomas Westphal (1993-1995) | Andrea Nahles (1995-1999) | Benjamin Mikfeld (1999-2001) | Niels Annen (2001-2004) | Björn Böhning (2004–2007) | Franziska Drohsel (2007-2010) | Sascha Vogt (2010–2013) | Johanna Uekermann (2013–2017) | Kevin Kühnert (since 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hermsdorf, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 2001 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |