Wilhelm Polte
Wilhelm Polte (born January 11, 1938 in Niegripp ) is a German politician ( SPD ). After reunification, he was mayor of Magdeburg and from 2002 to 2006 a member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt .
Life and work
Polte began training as a machine fitter in 1952 and then studied mechanical engineering from 1955 to 1958 . From 1958 to 1960 he worked as a technologist before completing a university degree until 1965. From 1965 to 1968 Polte worked as a project engineer in a large company in Leipzig. He then worked in a technology research institute in Magdeburg before joining the Magdeburg Technical University in 1978 , where he was employed until 1990.
Polte is married and has two children.
Political party
Shortly before the Wall was built in 1961, Polte secretly joined the SPD in West Berlin , was a founding member of the SDP in the GDR in 1989 and was SPD chairman in the former Magdeburg district in 1990 .
Political mandates
Polte was a member of the first freely elected People's Chamber in the GDR. In the same year Polte became Lord Mayor of Magdeburg and held this office until 2001. From 2002 to 2006 Willi Polte was elected to the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt via the state list of the SPD and was chairman of the committee for the interior there. Willi Polte did not run for the 2006 state elections and retired. From 2001 to 2009 Willi Polte was the local mayor of Niegripp in the city of Burg (near Magdeburg) .
Others
- 1990 to 2001 member of the executive committee and main committee of the German Association of Cities
- 1993 to 2003 member of the board of trustees of the Alfred Töpfer Foundation
- 2007 until today member of the Society for the Promotion of the Reconstruction of the Magdeburg Ulrichskirche (Kuratorium Ulrichskirche eV)
- Board member of the Society of Friends and Supporters of Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
- Carrier of the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class
- After leaving the office of mayor, he was made an honorary citizen by the city of Magdeburg .
- Honorary member of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, Bund aktiviver Demokrats eV
- 1999 Appearance in the ARD series Lindenstrasse in episode 697 as Mayor of Magdeburg
literature
- State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt 4th electoral period 2002-2006. New Darmstadt publishing house.
- Andreas Herbst : Polte, Wilhelm . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Magdeburger Volksstimme from November 17, 2014: Without office and paper, but with a lot of courage. Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
- ↑ State capital Magdeburg: CV of Dr. Wilhelm Polte. Retrieved April 23, 2017 .
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SURNAME | Polte, Wilhelm |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Polte, Willi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MdV, MdL |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Niegripp |