Walter Rinke

Walter Rinke (born January 5, 1895 in Katowice , Upper Silesia , † May 21, 1983 in Rottach-Egern ) was a German economist , administrative officer and politician ( CSU ).

Life and work

After attending the secondary school, the preparatory institute and the teachers' seminar in Myslowitz , Rinke took part in the First World War as a soldier from 1914 to 1918 . In 1919 he passed the Abitur at the Oberrealschule in Katowice and then completed an economics degree, which he obtained in 1922 with a doctorate to become a Dr. rer. pole. finished. From 1923 to 1934 he worked in the insurance industry, first as an authorized signatory and then as director of the Upper Silesian Insurance Company of the Provincial in Ratibor . Rinke was retired in 1934 due to the law to restore the civil service . He then worked for private insurance companies in Wroclaw . From 1939 to 1945 he took part in the Second World War as a soldier . In February 1945 he was taken prisoner by the Soviets near Breslau , from which he was released in July of the same year. He was then expelled from Breslau.

After being expelled from Silesia , he settled in Munich-Aubing . Here he entered the Bavarian administrative service and worked as a ministerial advisor in Munich from September 1946 until his retirement in 1952. He also participated in the founding of the Silesian Landsmannschaft , which he headed from 1950 to 1952 and from 1953 to 1954 as national chairman.

politics

Rinke had been a member of the Center Party since 1919 . He joined the CSU in 1946 and was later elected to the party's state executive committee.

Rinke was a member of the German Bundestag from 1953 to 1957. He entered parliament through the Bavarian State List .

Honors

Schlesier Shield , 1967

Web links

Literature by and about Walter Rinke in the catalog of the German National Library
Short biography at the Hanns Seidel Foundation

Individual evidence

↑ As an authorized signatory and director at various insurance companies, 1946–1952 Ministerialrat, member of the CSU since 1946 ( Memento from 13 August 2011 in the Internet Archive )

personal data
SURNAME	Rinke, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German economist, civil servant and politician (CSU), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH	January 5, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH	Katowice , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	May 21, 1983
Place of death	Rottach-Egern

[1] As an authorized signatory and director at various insurance companies, 1946–1952 Ministerialrat, member of the CSU since 1946 ( Memento from 13 August 2011 in the Internet Archive )