Wilhelm Bökenkreger
Wilhelm Bökenkrüger (born August 12, 1890 in Elberfeld , † August 1, 1966 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse ) was a German administrative officer and politician ( SPD ).
Life
From early youth he was active in the political and union labor movement. During the Weimar Republic , he was director of the employment office in Wuppertal from 1923 to 1933 .
Bökenkrüger was dismissed for political reasons after the National Socialists came to power. He was initially taken into “ protective custody ”, then imprisoned in Elberfeld prison and finally taken to the Kemna concentration camp . From 1934 to 1940 he worked as a bookseller in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse , then in the same position in Metz .
After the Second World War , Bökenkrüger was commissioned to rebuild the labor and social administration and in 1945 briefly acted as President of the Central Rhine - Saar State Labor Office . From 1945 to 1947 he was presidential director for labor and social affairs in Hesse - Palatinate . In 1947 he was appointed ministerial director.
MP
Bökenkrüger was a member of the Advisory State Assembly of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946/47 .
Public offices
On July 9, 1947, Bökenkrüger was appointed Minister of Labor in the government of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate led by Prime Minister Peter Altmeier . In protest against the recall of the Palatinate Higher Government President , Franz Bögler , he resigned on October 20, 1949 together with the two other SPD ministers Hans Hoffmann and Jakob Steffan .
Publications
- The modern proof of work building. Series II, Issue 7/9 of the Public Proof of Work library, Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer 1926.
- America, are you better off? , 1951.
See also
literature
- The President of the Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): The representatives of the free people: The members of the Consultative State Assembly and the Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate from 1946 to 2015, 2016, ISBN 3-658-04751-8 , p. 85.
- Hans-Peter Hexemer (Red.): 60 years of parliament in Rhineland-Palatinate. Ceremony on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the constitution of the Provincial Consultative Assembly on November 22nd, 2006 in the Koblenz City Theater (= Issue 33 of the series of publications of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament, ISSN 1610-3432 ). Mainz 2006, p. 64.
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SURNAME | Bökenkruger, Wilhelm |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator, administrative officer and politician (SPD), Member of the State Parliament, Rhineland-Palatinate State Minister |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1890 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Elberfeld |
DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1966 |
Place of death | Neustadt an der Weinstrasse |