Rudolf Gehring (politician, 1888)

Rudolf Gehring (born August 30, 1888 in Feuerbach ; † January 25, 1980 in Stuttgart ) was a German administrative officer and politician of the SPD .

Life and work

After attending elementary school, Gehring completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith and then worked as a tool cutter and lathe operator. He joined the union in 1905, was first managing director from 1923 and later a partner in a building materials factory. Since 1941 he worked as an assistant in tax matters . After the Second World War he entered the administrative service and worked from 1946 to 1952 as a ministerial advisor in the Ministry of the Interior of Württemberg-Baden .

politics

Gehring joined the SPD in 1909 and was chairman of the state committee of workers 'and soldiers' councils in Württemberg in 1919/20 . He worked from 1921 to 1923 as party secretary of the Social Democrats in Stuttgart and was a councilor in Feuerbach until 1933.

In 1946 Gehring belonged to the Constituent Assembly of Württemberg-Baden , was a member of the Württemberg-Baden state parliament from 1946 to 1950 and was chairman of the SPD parliamentary group there. In 1952 he was elected to the Baden-Württemberg state parliament, of which he was a member until 1964. In all three legislative periods he was Vice President of the State Parliament. The Landtag elected him in 1954 as a member of the second Federal Assembly , which re-elected Theodor Heuss as Federal President.

Honors

Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg (1977)
Citizen Medal of the City of Stuttgart
Rudolf-Gehring-Platz in Stuttgart-Feuerbach

Individual evidence

↑ Gehring, Rudolf . In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Gaa to Gymnich] (= KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , pp. 355 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 297 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).

personal data
SURNAME	Gehring, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German administrative officer and politician (SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	August 30, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Feuerbach
DATE OF DEATH	January 25, 1980
Place of death	Stuttgart

[1] Gehring, Rudolf . In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Gaa to Gymnich] (= KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , pp. 355 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 297 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).