Rudolf Petersen (politician)

Rudolf Hieronymus Petersen (born December 30, 1878 in Hamburg ; † September 10, 1962 in Wentorf near Hamburg ) was a German politician ( CDU ) and first mayor of Hamburg from 1945 to 1946 .

Life

Rudolf Petersen, brother of the former First Mayor of Hamburg Carl Wilhelm Petersen , founded the overseas trading company R. Petersen & Co in 1911 , which merged with Münchmeyer & Co. in 1972 and has developed into the existing MPC Capital AG . Petersen was chairman of the Hamburg export association and the association for wholesale and overseas trade and until 1933 chairman of the association of German exporters.

Cushion tombstone Rudolf H. Petersen in the family grave complex of Mayor Petersen , Ohlsdorf cemetery

On May 15, 1945, Petersen was appointed First Mayor of Hamburg by the British military government , represented by the city commander Armytage . On June 26, 1946, he joined the CDU. He was mayor until November 15, 1946 and was replaced by Max Brauer (1887–1973, SPD). Petersen (nickname Old P. ) was housed in house 6 Esplanade with the English military officers. In addition to the mayor's office, Petersen was responsible in the appointed Senate of the Hanseatic city for the main administration / Senate Chancellery, police, auditing office, state archive, state press office, statistical office, appeals office and determination authority. Petersen founded the German Aid Community . Together with Adolph Schönfelder , he set up an administration in Hamburg. Petersen was elected the first post-war president of the newly founded Übersee-Club in 1948 and held this office until 1954.

Rudolf Petersen's grandson, Mathias Petersen , was the state chairman of the SPD in Hamburg.

Honors

1946: Mayor Stolten Medal
1952: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

Helmut Stubbe-da Luz : Petersen, Rudolf . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 2 . Christians, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7672-1366-4 , pp. 322-323 .

Web links

“The Hamburg merchant”, acknowledgment of May 23, 1946 by ZEIT ONLINE .
Royalty-free images for Rudolf Petersen at Getty Images .
Newspaper article about Rudolf Petersen in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

Individual evidence

^ CDU Hamburg: History of the Hamburg CDU.

personal data
SURNAME	Petersen, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Petersen, Rudolf Hieronymus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CDU) and First Mayor of Hamburg (1945–1946)
DATE OF BIRTH	December 30, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	September 10, 1962
Place of death	Wentorf near Hamburg

[1] CDU Hamburg: History of the Hamburg CDU.