Joachim Mertes
Joachim Mertes (born April 18, 1949 in Trier ; † October 23, 2017 in Buch ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and president of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament from 2006 to 2016 .
Education, work and family
From 1963 to 1966 Mertes completed an apprenticeship as a baker, which he completed with the journeyman's examination. From 1967 to 1975 he was a soldier in the German Armed Forces , most recently as Hauptfeldwebel d. R. Since 1975 Mertes has worked in various offices as a professional politician.
politics
Mertes had been a member of the SPD since 1969. In 1975 he became the SPD sub-district manager for Rhein-Hunsrück. From 1978 to 1983 he was regional manager of the SPD Rhineland-Palatinate, from 1985 to 1994 finally district manager of the SPD Rhineland / Hessen-Nassau.
Since 1974 Mertes was a member of the district council of the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis . From 1989 to 2014 he was also the local mayor of Buch. Mertes was elected as a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament as early as 1983. In 1994 he took over the chairmanship of the SPD parliamentary group as the successor to Kurt Beck . With the constitution of the new state parliament on May 18, 2006, Jochen Hartloff took over the chairmanship of the SPD parliamentary group. Mertes was elected President of the State Parliament and remained so until he left the State Parliament at the end of the 16th legislative period in May 2016.
Mertes succumbed to severe cancer in October 2017 at the age of 68 .
Other offices
Mertes was also chairman of the Association of Adult Education Centers of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1995 . V. and since 2009 President of the Rhineland-Palatinate / Burgundy Partnership Association . V.
honors and awards
- Commander's Cross of the French National Order of Merit ( Ordre national du Mérite ) for his services to Franco-German friendship, in particular for the partnership between Rhineland-Palatinate and Burgundy (2014)
- Honorary citizenships of Burgundy (2012) and Opole Voivodeship
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate: Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate - Joachim Mertes died. Retrieved October 23, 2017 .
- ^ National Order of Merit of France for Joachim Mertes: French President honors President of the Landtag . State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate , March 11, 2014, accessed on October 23, 2017.
- ↑ Europeans with passion . The President of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate , April 19, 2016, accessed on October 23, 2017.
Eugen Hertel (1947–1959) | Otto Schmidt (1959–1967) | Hans König (1967–1969) | Oskar Munzinger (1969–1970) | Jockel Fuchs (1970–1971) | Wilhelm Dröscher (1971–1975) | Karl Thorwirth (1976–1979) | Werner Klein (1979–1983) | Hugo Brandt (1983–1985) | Rudolf Scharping (1985–1991) | Kurt Beck (1991-1994) | Joachim Mertes (1994-2006) | Jochen Hartloff (2006–2011) | Hendrik Hering (2011–2014) | Alexander Schweitzer (since 2014)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mertes, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MdL, President of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | trier |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23 October 2017 |
| Place of death | book |