Wilhelm Bökenkreger

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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.

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