Rolf Spaethen

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Rolf Spaethen (born February 28, 1909 in Hamburg , † March 7, 1985 in Hamburg) was a German trade unionist. From 1960 to 1967 he was chairman of the German Union of Salaried Employees (DAG) today ver.di .

Life

Rolf Spaethen, son of an import merchant from Szczecin, studied law and economics after attending grammar school. He initially worked as a businessman and commercial teacher, then as an employee in an auditing office. From 1940 to 1945 he was a soldier in the Wehrmacht .

After the Second World War he worked as a language and business teacher and from 1947 to 1967 as an employee in the DAG. From 1948 he was head of the economic policy department and from 1951 a member of the main board of the DAG. In 1960 he became chairman and in 1967, for health reasons, he decided not to run again after losing the majority on the DAG advisory board due to turbulence. Spaethen was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

literature

  • Who is who? The German Who is Who, published by Walter Habel, arani Verlags-GmbH, Berlin 1970, p. 1254.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Trade unions / DAG board of directors - Nagel im Kopf Spiegel Online , October 16, 1967
personal data
SURNAME Spaethen, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trade unionist
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1985
Place of death Hamburg