Wilhelm Kröger (politician, 1904)

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Wilhelm Heinrich Karl Kröger (born February 28, 1904 in Hamburg ; † April 16, 1991 ) was a German lawyer and politician ( SPD ).

Life

Kröger was born the son of a worker. After attending primary school and graduating from Selekta in 1918, he first completed an apprenticeship as an electrician. From 1924 he took a high school graduate course in Altona , which he finished in 1929 with the final exam. He then completed a degree in law and political science at the University of Hamburg . In December 1932 he passed the first state examination in law and after his legal clerkship he finished his studies with the second state examination in law. In 1934 he was awarded the dissertation topic , the execution of the judgment on making irresponsible actions, including declarations of intention to doctor of law doctorate . He later worked as a lawyer .

Kröger joined the SPD and on August 18, 1948, succeeded him as a member of the Hamburg parliament, to which he belonged until the end of the fourth legislative term in 1961. Under First Mayor Max Brauer , he was a senator for the prison authorities from 1950 to 1953 and a senator for the police authority and for the district administration from 1957 to 1961 . In 1960 the 12th General Assembly of PEN Germany was to take place in Hamburg. The aim was further collaboration between the writers from East and West. When the guests had already arrived, Kröger banned the event and urged the university and hotels to cancel room promises. The planned discussions did not materialize.

See also

literature

  • Anna Christine Storbeck: The governments of the federal and state governments since 1945. Olzog, Munich 1970, ISBN 3-789-27002-4 . P. 417.
  • Wilhelm Kröger: CV. In: The enforcement of the judgment on the performance of unreasonable acts, including the making of declarations of intent. Kleinert, 1934. (Dissertation)

Individual evidence

  1. former designations - see http://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/1718926/data/hamburger-senate-seit-1945.pdf of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
  2. The red poets and Hamburg's police. In: The time. December 16, 1960.