Walter König (politician, 1893)
Emil Walter König (born January 21, 1893 in Nordhausen , † December 25, 1977 in Gera ) was a German party functionary of the GDR bloc party NDPD . He was NDPD state chairman in Thuringia , Thuringian finance minister and member of the People's Chamber of the GDR .
Life
König, the son of a chemist , studied mathematics and physics at the universities of Munich , Freiburg im Breisgau and Göttingen after attending middle school and high school in Nordhausen . In 1921 he passed the state examination for the higher teaching post and worked from 1926 to 1947 as a teacher in Jüterbog , Berlin and Nordhausen. From 1947 to 1949, König was a school councilor and city councilor in Nordhausen. In 1949 he headed the cultural education department in the Thuringian Ministry of Education.
In 1945, König joined the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and was a member of the Nordhausen district leadership of the LDP. However, in 1948 he switched to the newly founded National Democratic Party of Germany (NDPD). From June 1949 to 1952 he was first chairman of the state board of the NDPD Thuringia (successor to Günther Ludwig ). From 1949 König was a long-time member of the main committee of the NDPD.
From 1946 to 1948 he was a member of the Thuringian State Parliament , where he was also a member of the Presidium. In 1948/1949 he was a member of the German People's Council , then from 1949 to 1963 a member of the People's Chamber. Most recently he was a member of the Standing Committee on General Affairs.
From 1950 to 1952, King was Thuringian Minister of Finance (successor to Leonhard Moog ). After the dissolution of the states in the GDR, he was deputy chairman of the Gera district council from 1952 to 1958 .
Awards
- Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze (1955) and in silver (1963)
- National Front Badge of Honor (1955)
- Ernst Moritz Arndt Medal (1958)
- Order Banner of Labor (1968)
- Honorary Title Hero of Labor (1972)
literature
- People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic (ed.): Handbook of the People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic (3rd electoral period) . Kongress-Verlag, Berlin 1959, p. 317f.
- Martin Broszat et al. (Ed.): SBZ manual: State administrations, parties, social organizations and their executives in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany 1945–1949 . 2nd Edition. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-486-55262-7 , p. 951.
- Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990 . Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr . KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 420.
State of Thuringia (1920–1952): Ottomar Benz | Emil Hartmann | Paul Proud | Wilko von Klüchtzner | Wilhelm Toelle | Arnold Paulssen | Erwin Baum | Willy Marschler | Leonhard Moog | Walter König . Free State of Thuringia (since 1990): Klaus Zeh | Andreas Trautvetter | Birgit Diezel | Marion Walsmann | Wolfgang Voss | Heike Taubert .
Berlin : Alfred Wunderlich (1948–1951) | Arno von Lenski (1951) | Egbert von Frankenberg and Proschlitz (1951–1952)
Brandenburg : Oswald Koltzenburg (1948–1951) | Hans Lohrisch (1951–1952)
Mecklenburg : Jonny Löhr (1948–1950) | Gustav Siemon (1950–1952)
Saxony : Vilmos Korn (1949) | Wilhelm Adam (1949–1952) | Kurt Lachner (1952)
Saxony-Anhalt : Jakob-Adolf Heilmann (1948–1949) | Otto Rühle (1949–1952)
Thuringia : Rudi Reinwarth (1948–1949) | Günther Ludwig (1949) | Walter König (1949–1952)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | King, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | King, Emil Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German NDPD functionary, MdV, Thuringian finance minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nordhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1977 |
| Place of death | Gera |