Johann Bruns (politician)
Johann "Joke" Bruns (born April 25, 1932 in Emden ; † June 8, 2018 there ) was a German politician ( SPD ).
After attending primary school, Bruns began an apprenticeship as a surveying technician. Between 1952 and 1954 he was a student at the Braunschweig Kolleg and passed his Abitur. Bruns joined the SPD and then became the youth secretary of the German Federation of Trade Unions for Emsland and East Frisia. In 1958 he took on a position as a lecturer at the German-Dutch Heimvolkshochschule Aurich . From 1967 to 1974 he was director of the folk high school in the Europa-Haus in Aurich.
Bruns was chairman of the Lower Saxony SPD from 1984 to 1994 and a member of the broadcasting council of the NDR . He was also a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament for the 7th to 12th electoral period from June 21, 1970 to June 20, 1994. Here he was deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group from September 17, 1973 to June 20, 1990 and until June 20, 1994 Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group.
Bruns died on the night of June 8, 2018 of complications from cancer.
literature
- Barbara Simon : Member of Parliament in Lower Saxony 1946–1994. Biographical manual. Edited by the President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Lower Saxony State Parliament, Hanover 1996, pp. 56–57.
- Iris Hellmich, Uwe Rozema: Johann Bruns - a social democrat in the flow of time . 1st edition. Verlag Meinbestseller.de, Rotterdam 2014, ISBN 978-94-6254-739-1 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Former SPD country chief Johann "Joke" Bruns died in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of June 10, 2018, accessed on June 10, 2018
Karl Ravens (1979–1984) | Johann Bruns (1984-1994) | Gerhard Schröder (1994–1998) | Edelgard Bulmahn (1998-2003) | Wolfgang Jüttner (2003–2005) | Garrelt Duin (2005–2010) | Olaf Lies (2010–2012) | Stephan Weil (since 2012)
Robert Hoffmeister (1947–1966) | Wilhelm Baumgarten (1966–1967) | Helmut Kasimier (1967–1974) | Bernhard Kreibohm (1974–1978) | Karl Ravens (1978–1986) | Gerhard Schröder (1986–1990) | Johann Bruns (1990-1994) | Wolf Weber (1994-1996) | Heinrich Aller (1996-1998) | Sigmar Gabriel (1998–1999) | Axel Plaue (1999-2003) | Sigmar Gabriel (2003-2005) | Wolfgang Jüttner (2005–2010) | Stefan Schostok (2010–2013) | Johanne Modder (since 2013)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bruns, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bruns, Joke (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Emden |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 2018 |
| Place of death | Emden |