Julius Meyer (politician, 1875)

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SPD parliamentary group in the Oldenburg state parliament in 1916; Julius Meyer sits on the far left

Julius Meyer (born November 16, 1875 in Wanzleben ; † May 31, 1934 in Oldenburg ) was a German trade unionist and politician ( SPD ).

Life and work

Meyer was born as the eldest son of a stone sculptor and well builder Julius Meyer and his wife Dorothee born. Abel. born. After attending elementary school from 1882, he completed an apprenticeship in filing in a forge from 1889 to 1892 . He then worked as a boilermaker and, after his wanderings, as a shipyard worker at the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven . In addition, he became involved in the trade union early on and joined the German Metalworkers Association (DMV). In 1899 he was dismissed from the shipyard because of this and because of his entry into the SPD . From 1899 to 1904 he was initially a volunteer and then from 1904 to 1913 a full-time representative of the metal workers' association in Rüstringen .

After serving as a minister, he worked freelance in Oldenburg, for example for the consumer cooperative and for the newspaper Republik and Norddeutsches Volksblatt . In 1932 he resigned from the SPD. After the seizure of power of the Nazis his professional situation became increasingly difficult. The North German people sheet was finally banned permanently in March 1933, he that in a seemingly hopeless situation on May 31, 1934 suicide committed.

Political party

Meyer had joined the SPD in Wilhelmshaven and in 1906/07 was the first chairman of the state organization of the SPD district of Oldenburg-Ostfriesland . At the party congress in Essen in September 1907 he represented the 1st and 2nd Oldenburg constituencies. In 1912 he was a candidate for the 1st Hanover constituency of Norden-Emden-Leer , and was also active in local politics. From 1913 to 1919 as party secretary for the SPD district of Oldenburg-Ostfriesland in Rüstringen. He was also a member of the party's central committee.

MP

Meyer was initially a member of Bant's municipal council from 1908 and from 1911 to 1920 a member of the city ​​of Rüstringen . He was a member of the Oldenburg state parliament , as one of the first SPD members alongside Paul Hug , from 1908 to 1919 and again from 1923 to 1932.

November Revolution

During the November Revolution, Meyer was one of the leading men in the Oldenburger Land . On November 7, 1918, he represented their demands at a soldiers' assembly in Oldenburg, summarized the tasks of the soldiers' council to be formed in ten points that were similar to those of the Kiel Fourteen Points and finally proposed the establishment of the soldiers' council. The next day he spoke at the great people's assembly in Wilhelmshaven, at which the Grand Duke was declared deposed. On the morning of November 11, 1918, he and Paul Hug went to see Minister of State Scheer to obtain the abdication of the Grand Duke, which took place a few hours later.

Public offices

On the same day, Meyer became a member of the Oldenburg regional directorate and thus the interim government of Oldenburg. From June 21, 1919 to April 17, 1923, he was Minister for Social Welfare, Transport and Trade in the government of the Free State of Oldenburg led by Prime Minister Theodor Tantzen . From October 1, 1921 to October 11, 1922, he also took over the management of the Ministry of Justice.

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SURNAME Meyer, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trade unionists and politicians (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Wanzleben
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1934
Place of death Oldenburg