Ursula Preuhs
Ursula Preuhs (born September 30, 1930 in Hamburg ) is a Hamburg SPD politician and a former member of the Hamburg Parliament .
Life and politics
Ursel Preuhs grew up in a social democratic environment, first in the working-class district of Hamburg-Barmbek , and later in Jenfeld, among other places. Her father Paul Preuhs, a trained plumber and committed social democrat, worked as a union secretary from 1928 to 1933. As a result of the seizure of power , he lost his post. He found work as a plumber at Blohm and Voss and eventually rose to the position of foreman and managing director of the associated aircraft yard in Wenzendorf .
Ursel was Preuhs nurse , administrative assistant and staff council president and active member of the union public services, transport and traffic (OTV) today ver.di .
In 1953 she joined the SPD. Her political home was the district (local association) Mühlenkamp . In addition to various functions, she was a member of the Hamburg-North district executive . From 1966 to 1986 she was a member of the Hamburg-Nord district assembly for her party . In 1973 she was elected chairwoman of the district assembly as the successor to the late Willy Rieckhoff . She was the first woman in Hamburg to hold this position.
From 1986 to 1997 she was a member of the Hamburg Parliament. She worked for your group on the Labor and Social Affairs Committee, the Budget Committee and the Health Committee, among others.
From 2001 to 2009 she was a member of the Hamburg Regional Seniors 'Council and until 2017 she was chairwoman of the Hamburg-Nord District Seniors' Council.
In November 2019 Ursula Preuhs was honored by ver.di for 70 years of membership.
recognition
- 2011 Silver medal for faithful work in the service of the people
- 2011 Willy Brandt Medal the highest award of the SPD for members
Sources and web links
- Hinnerk Fock (Red.): Citizenship of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. 14th legislative term. Hamburg 1992.
- Inge Grolle and Rita Bake : “I practiced juggling with three balls.” Women in the Hamburg citizenship from 1946 to 1993. Verlag Dölling & Galitz, Hamburg 1995, p. 381, ISBN 3-930802-01-5 (on behalf of State Center for Political Education Hamburg ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Isabel Lenuck: “I am completely unimportant! always on the move for a life worth living ”(Ursel-Preuhs biography). medhochzwei-Verlag GmbH Heidelberg 2020. ISBN 978-3-86216-630-5 , p. 13ff
- ^ "In the north, a woman 'rules' now" , in: Hamburger Abendblatt dated February 9, 1973, accessed on October 21, 2018.
- ^ Brochure of the Marienkrankenhaus ( Memento of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), p. 4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Preuhs, Ursula |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Preuss, Ursel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD) and Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |