Helwin Peter

Helwin Peter (born July 18, 1941 in Oberthal (Saar) ) is a German politician ( SPD ). He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1974 to 1980 and a member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999 .

Life

After attending primary school, Peter began training as a company electrician at Saarbergwerke in 1955 , which he completed in 1958 with the journeyman's examination. He then worked until 1967 as an electric mason in the coal mines in Kohlwald and Camphausen . From 1967 to 1969 he attended the Academy of Work in Frankfurt am Main on a second educational path . He then took up a position as a legal representative at the DGB regional district of Saar, where he acted as youth secretary and head of the vocational training department from 1970 to 1974. He was a member of the trade union for trade, banks and insurance companies and a member of the DGB regional board of the Saar.

Peter joined the SPD in 1963. In 1973 he was elected chairman of the SPD sub-district St. Wendel, and in 1974 he was elected to the state executive committee of the SPD Saarland .

From June 10, 1974, when he replaced the late MP Günter Slotta , until 1980 Peter was a member of the German Bundestag . In the 1976 federal election he was elected to parliament via the SPD's state list. In the Bundestag he was a member of the Defense Committee from 1974 to 1980 and a member of the Petitions Committee and the Committee on Education and Science from 1974 to 1976. He was also a member of the Finance Committee from April 1977 to September 1979.

From 1989 to 1999 Peter was a member of the European Parliament . From 1989 to 1994 he was a member of the Committee on Social Affairs, Employment and the Working Environment and from 1994 to 1999 a member of the Committee on Social Affairs and Employment (from 1997: Committee on Employment and Social Affairs). From 1992 to 1994 he was part of the delegation to the EC-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, from 1994 to 1995 he was part of the delegation for relations with the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia and from 1995 to 1997 he was part of the delegation for relations with Slovenia.

literature

• Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 636.

Web link

• Entry on Helwin Peter in the Members' database of the European Parliament