Luise Herklotz

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Luise Herklotz (* 20th August 1918 in Speyer ; † 25. July 2009 ibid) was a German politician of the SPD .

Life and work

After attending the municipal high school, Herklotz, who was of Protestant faith, completed a journalistic training with the Speyerer Zeitung from 1935 onwards . She then worked as an editorial secretary and finally as an editor. From 1947 she worked for Die Freiheit in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse . In 1948 she participated in the founding of the Palatinate Journalists' Association .

From 1978 to 1992 Herklotz was chairwoman of the Workers' Welfare Association in Speyer, of which she had been a member since 1946. In July 1984, an investigation was launched against Herklotz on suspicion of fraud and breach of trust. It was investigated whether the association for civic educational work led by her had stolen 40,000 to 50,000 DM in state subsidies with the help of falsified signature lists for "ghost seminars" that were not held  , and whether these funds were passed on to the SPD and workers' welfare.

Political party

Herklotz joined the SPD in 1946 and soon became chairwoman of the SPD women's organization in the Palatinate . Later she became a member of the district executive committee of the SPD in the Palatinate and of the state committee of Rhineland-Palatinate as well as the central women's committee of the federal SPD. From 1958 to 1962 she was a member of the party executive. In 1970 he was elected to the party's control commission. From 1974 to 1978 she was the local chairman of the SPD in her hometown of Speyer.

MPs

Luise Herklotz was a member of the state parliament in Rhineland-Palatinate from 1949 to October 5, 1957 . In 1954, the Landtag elected her to the second Federal Assembly , which re-elected Theodor Heuss as Federal President. She belonged to the German Bundestag from September 24, 1956, when she replaced Hermann Trittelvitz , until 1972. From 1966 to 1973 she was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe .

She was later a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1984 .

Honors

On September 6, 2003, the city of Speyer granted her honorary citizenship . In 1973 she was awarded the First Class Cross of Merit, which she had refused to accept in 1969, and in June 1984 the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany . In 1986 she received the Marie Juchacz plaque from the Arbeiterwohlfahrt, in 1990 the Medal of Merit of the City of Speyer and in 1999 the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rheinpfalz on Sunday , July 26th, 2009
  2. ↑ a b Chance in March: Tax fraud with party donations has been upgraded to a political crime by the European Parliament . In: Der Spiegel . No. 32 , 1984 ( online ).
  3. ^ Register professional . In: Der Spiegel . No. 26 , 1980 ( online ).
  4. ↑ Somehow tricked: Suspicion of fraud in the workers' welfare department: the Koblenz public prosecutor is investigating . In: Der Spiegel . No. 33 , 1982 ( online ).
  5. ↑ Luise Herklotz. (No longer available online.) Speyer.de, archived from the original on November 28, 2010 ; Retrieved August 30, 2010 .
  6. ^ "Voters' praise is sufficient", in: Schwäbische Zeitung (Ravensburg edition) of March 1, 1969, p. 3
personal data
SURNAME Herklotz, Luise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), MdL, MdB, MdEP
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Speyer
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 2009
Place of death Speyer