Robert Hoffmeister
Robert Hoffmeister (born December 22, 1899 in Dortmund , † January 30, 1966 in Hanover ) was a German politician ( SPD ).
Life and work
After attending school, Hoffmeister completed an apprenticeship as a printer from 1914 to 1917, which he completed with the journeyman's examination. In 1917/1918 he did military service . In 1924 he went on a journey. In 1925 he continued his education at the Academy of Labor in Frankfurt am Main and from 1928 worked as party secretary in Nienburg / Weser during the Weimar Republic .
After the seizure of power by the National Socialists Hoffmeister was arrested in May 1933 for political reasons and in Moringen interned. In October of the same year he was transferred from there to the Emsland camp. After his release from prison in December 1933, he worked as a tobacco dealer in Nienburg from 1934. From 1939 to 1945 he took part in the Second World War as a soldier and became a Danish prisoner of war.
After 1945 Hoffmeister was the publishing director of the Hanover Press .
Political party
Hoffmeister joined the SPD in 1918 and took part in the general strike against the Kapp Putsch in 1920 . From November 1945 he was secretary and from 1946 second chairman of the SPD district of Hanover.
MP
Hoffmeister was a council member of the city of Nienburg from 1929 and from March 1932 (as a replacement for the deceased Karl Rosebrock ) to 1933 a member of the provincial parliament of the province of Hanover . In 1946 he belonged to the Hanoverian Landtag and was chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. In 1947 he was elected to the Lower Saxony state parliament, of which he was a member of the SPD parliamentary group until his death.
Public offices
Hoffmeister had been mayor of the city of Nienburg since 1946.
Honors
- Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany , 1956
- Lower Saxony State Medal , 1960
- Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany , 1965
source
- 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, p. 169.
- Beatrix Herlemann , Helga Schatz: Biographical Lexicon of Lower Saxony Parliamentarians 1919–1945 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen. Volume 222). Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hanover 2004, ISBN 3-7752-6022-6 , pp. 162-163.
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)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmeister, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1966 |
| Place of death | Hanover |