Kurt Schulz (politician)

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Kurt Schulz (born October 8, 1922 in Stettin ; † March 22, 2017 in Eckernförde ) was a German politician ( SPD ). He was the first vice-president of the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein and border area commissioner for the Schleswig-Holstein Prime Minister Björn Engholm .

Life and work

Kurt Schulz grew up in Stettin and later lived in Eckernförde. After attending elementary school and high school and passing the Abitur, he embarked on an administrative career path. After the Second World War, Kurt Schulz became politically active in the SPD. Kurt Schulz was married and had two children.

Political party

Schulz was chairman of the local SPD association in Eckernförde and state treasurer of the SPD in Schleswig-Holstein . In his role as treasurer, he played a key role in founding the Gustav Heinemann educational institution in Malente . Without his willingness to take risks and persuasive powers, there would not have been an educational institution.

MP

Schulz belonged 1948-1970 the council of the circle Eckernförde and 1951-1969 of the Council Meeting of Eckenförde on.

From 1958 to 1975 he was a member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein . There he was deputy chairman of the finance committee from 1960 to 1975 and deputy chairman of the committee for safeguarding the rights of the people's representation from 1971 to 1975. Other committees that Schulz belonged to while he was a member of the state parliament included the expellees' committee, the people's welfare committee, the interior committee and the committee of inquiry into the Heyde-Sawade affair II. From 1967 to 1971 Schulz was also deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. On May 24, 1971, he was elected First Vice President of the State Parliament.

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Public offices

Schulz was First City Councilor from 1951 to 1969 and Mayor of Eckernförde from 1969 to 1987 . His achievements as a financial expert, which enabled the city to implement various infrastructural measures (such as the construction of the seawater wave pool), are particularly recognized from this time. "Kurt Schulz was an accomplished financial expert and, thanks to his excellent nationwide contacts, he knew where he could tap which funding pots for Eckernförde." During his tenure, the reserves grew from zero to 18 million DM, while the debt from 30.2 to 7.5 million DM fell. Other topics such as the inadequate maintenance of the historical townscape of Eckernförde came under fire.

From 1991 to 2000, Kurt Schulz was Kurt Hamer's successor in the role of border region commissioner for the Schleswig-Holstein Prime Minister Björn Engholm. The establishment of the European Center for Minority Issues (ECMI) in Flensburg was one of his great successes as border area commissioner.

Other public offices were among others: Member and 1972/73 chairman of the NDR Broadcasting Council, chairman of the administrative board of Kreis- und Stadtsparkasse Eckernförde (now merged into Förde-Sparkasse ), board member of the German Association of Cities and the Association of Schleswig-Holstein Cities . Kurt Schulz was a member of the 5th and 6th Federal Assemblies for the election of the Federal Presidents ( Gustav Heinemann and Walter Scheel ).

Honors

  • 1969: Ring of honor of the city of Eckernförde
  • 1972: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
  • 2000: Great Cross of Merit (1975) with star (1989) and shoulder ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

  • 50 meetings of the committee for questions of the German minority in North Schleswig, Kiel 2002, The President of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice in the Eckernförder Zeitung of March 30, 2017 ( online )
  2. ↑ Der Nordschleswiger from March 24, 2017 ( online ( memento from March 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive )) and March 27, 2017 ( online ( memento from March 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ))
  3. ↑ Focus-online on March 28, 2017 ( online )
  4. ^ Jürgen Weber : Roots and first decades of the Gustav Heinemann educational institution . In: Democratic History , Vol. 30, Malente 2019, p. 280
  5. ^ Quote from the Eckernförder Zeitung from October 8, 2012 online
  6. ↑ ARD Chronicle
personal data
SURNAME Schulz, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: March 23, 2017
Place of death Eckernförde