Rudolf Rückert

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Rudolf Rückert (born January 15, 1929 in Naumburg am Queis , Lower Silesia ) is a German local politician from the CDU . He was Lord Mayor from 1981 to 1986 and from 1996 to 2001 and from 1986 to 1996 Mayor of Salzgitter .

Life

Until 1944, Rückert attended the boarding school of the State Dental Schools in Bunzlau , Lower Silesia. In 1944 he was called up for military service, was taken prisoner and had to experience flight and expulsion from Silesia. He completed his Abitur at the Corvinianum high school in Northeim , Lower Saxony. After studying pedagogy, he was a teacher at various schools in Salzgitter, and from 1977 headmaster at the Amselstieg secondary school in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt . He chaired and held offices in numerous clubs and associations. He held many political offices in the Junge Union and in the CDU in the Braunschweig regional association and the city of Salzgitter. Since 1963 he has been a member of the local council and council of the city of Salzgitter and chairman of various committees as well as a member of supervisory and advisory boards. He was also a member of the Presidium of the Lower Saxony Association of Cities and the committees of the Association of German Cities .

Awards

  • Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (1987)
  • Honorary Councilor of the City of Salzgitter (2001), after leaving the City Council of Salzgitter
  • Honorary Citizen of the City of Salzgitter (2002)
  • Freeman of the British city of Swindon , Freeman of the Borough of Swindon (2007). He is the first foreigner to receive this British honor for his special services to international understanding and the twinning between Swindon and Salzgitter.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of the Lord Mayors of the City of Salzgitter.
  2. ^ Honorary citizen of the city of Salzgitter. City of Salzgitter, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
  3. ^ Rudolf Rückert honorary citizen of Swindon. Braunschweiger Zeitung, April 24, 2007, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
predecessor Office successor
Willi Blume (SPD) Mayor of Salzgitter
1981–1986 		Hermann Struck (SPD)
Hermann Struck (SPD) Mayor of Salzgitter
1996–2001 		Helmut Knebel (SPD)
personal data
SURNAME Rückert, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU), Lord Mayor of Salzgitter
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Naumburg am Queis