Hans Schwalbach

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Hans Schwalbach (born August 9, 1919 in Leipzig ; † January 25, 2012 ) was a German trade unionist and politician ( SPD ).

Life

After completing secondary school, Schwalbach completed a commercial apprenticeship, which he completed in 1939 as a forwarding agent. After the end of the Second World War , he worked as an interpreter until 1947. From 1945 to 1948 he was honorary chairman of the DGB district Lüneburg-Dannenberg. In 1948 he became a full-time trade unionist as managing director of ÖTV Lüneburg. In 1949 he joined the SPD. In 1954 he became the deputy ÖTV district chairman for Schleswig-Holstein and northeast Lower Saxony .

1971 Schwalbach was the SPD land list in the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein selected. In 1974 he took part in the 6th Federal Assembly. In 1975 he moved back into the state parliament and was a member of it until the end of the 1979 electoral term. He was a member of the Interior Committee and chairman of the Economic Committee.

Schwalbach was a member of the supervisory board of Nordwestdeutsche Kraftwerke and was in opposition to his party, which in 1976 demanded a construction freeze for the Brokdorf nuclear power plant . In this context he spoke of “ machine storming at the expense of the working population”. In 1977 he criticized the state executive of the SPD Schleswig-Holstein , which took the issue of nuclear energy against the unions and on the side of the citizens' initiatives against nuclear power, including their “destructive” forces.

As a member of the senior citizens' council in Kiel, Schwalbach dealt with violence against the elderly.

Schwalbach was married and had two children.

Awards

Fonts

  • Income, wealth, wealth . Courier publishing house, Stuttgart 1967
  • Economy, power, society in the Federal Republic of Germany . Together with Manfred Hölzel. Courier publishing house, Stuttgart 1971

Web links

  • Hans Schwalbach in the state parliament information system Schleswig-Holstein

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ice without energy In: Der Spiegel from November 8, 1976
  2. ^ Annekatrin Gebauer: The dispute over direction in the SPD. “Seeheimer Kreis” and “Neue Linke” in the intra-party power struggle . VS publishing house for social sciences. Wiesbaden 2005 ISBN 3-531-14764-1 p. 150 ( digitized version )
  3. ↑ Council for Crime Prevention in Schleswig-Holstein, final report 1999
  4. ↑ Annual reception for trade unions and awarding of the Kiel Co-Determination Prize on the website of the City of Kiel, communication of April 21, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Schwalbach, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trade unionists and politicians (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 2012