Karl Mahler
Karl Heinrich Eduard Mahler (born January 25, 1887 in Gera ; † 1966 ) was a German educator , entrepreneur and politician ( FDP ).
Life and work
After attending the Nikolaigymnasium in Leipzig, Mahler began studying at the University of Leipzig , which he completed with a doctorate as Dr. phil. completed. He then worked as a teacher for the Saxon Cadet Corps in Dresden . In 1924 he became the managing director of the Association of German Architects (BDA) and subsequently worked as an editor. From 1934 to 1942 he was a member of the board and managing director of building finance and housing companies in the trade in Berlin , Munich and Vienna . From 1943 to 1945 he was the sole managing director of the Deutsche Handwerkszentrale based in Berlin.
In 1945 Mahler was appointed by the Berlin magistrate to be the liquidator of craft companies and managing director of the Deutsche Handwerksgesellschaft mbH. He exercised this function until 1949 and during that time also acted as head of the main handicraft department of the German Administration for Trade and Supply in the Soviet Occupation Zone (SBZ). In 1949 he took over the sole management of the Berlin company Export Service Handwerk. From 1955 to 1957 he was managing director of the International Building Exhibition Berlin GmbH, which organized the IBA 57 ( Interbau ).
Karl Mahler was married to Hedda Greif and had one child.
politics
During the Weimar Republic , Mahler was district manager of the German People's Party (DVP). After the Second World War , he joined the Free Democrats. On February 1, 1951, he was elected as Senator for Construction and Housing in the Berlin Senate headed by the Governing Mayor Ernst Reuter ( SPD ) . After Reuter's death in September 1953, the coalition of the SPD, CDU and FDP broke up. The CDU politician Walther Schreiber then formed a coalition with the FDP on October 22, 1953, so that Mahler in turn could remain in office. After the SPD won an absolute majority in the state elections in December 1954 , Otto Suhr formed a grand coalition , so that the FDP left the government and Mahler resigned from office on January 11, 1955.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Reuter Magistrate and Senate (1949–1953) ( Memento from December 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Senate Schreiber (1953–1955) ( Memento of October 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
City Councilor: Hans Scharoun (1945–1947) | Karl Bonatz (1947–1948) | Walter Nicklitz (1948–1951) | from 1951 Senator: Karl Mahler (1951–1955) | Rolf Schwedler (1955–1972) | Klaus Riebschläger (1972–1975) | Harry Ristock (1975–1981) | Peter Ulrich (1981) | Ulrich Rastemborski (1981–1983) | Klaus Franke (1983–1986) | Georg Wittwer (1986–1989) | Wolfgang Nagel (1989–1996) | Jürgen Klemann (1996–1999) | from 1999 "urban development" | Peter Strieder (1999-2004) | Ingeborg Junge-Reyer (2004–2011) | Michael Müller (2011–2014) | Andreas Geisel (2014–2016) | Katrin Lompscher (2016–2020) | Sebastian Scheel (since 2020)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mahler, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mahler, Karl Heinrich Eduard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator, entrepreneur and politician (FDP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gera |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1966 |