Willi Beuster (politician, 1908)

Willi Beuster (born August 13, 1908 in Dortmund ; † July 9, 1981 there ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

Life and work

After completing primary school, Beuster completed a commercial training and then worked as a commercial clerk. In addition, he attended courses at the adult education center and continued his education in economic and political courses. Since 1926 he worked as an organization employee.

After the takeover of the Nazis Beuster was dismissed for political reasons 1933rd In the following years he was taken into " protective custody " several times . He was unemployed for a long time, took up a job again in 1938 as a commercial clerk and dealt with accounting and tax advice. From 1940 to 1945 he took part in World War II as a soldier and was most recently taken prisoner, from which he was released in 1946.

Beuster worked from 1946 to 1950 as sole authorized signatory and managing director in the construction industry. From 1950 to 1966 he was a department head at the Westfälische Rundschau . He was also a member of the supervisory board of Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG .

Political party

Beuster joined the Socialist Workers' Youth (SAJ) in 1923 and had been a member of the SPD since 1925. From 1926 to 1933 he was chairman of the SAJ in Dortmund. He was the party's district leader from 1951 to 1955 and was elected chairman of the SPD city association of Greater Dortmund in 1955. Since April 1964 he was deputy sub-district chairman of the SPD Dortmund - Castrop-Rauxel - Lünen .

MP

Beuster was elected to the Dortmund City Council in 1956, 1961 and 1964 via the SPD reserve list, but never accepted his mandates. In the 1961 Bundestag election , he was elected to the German Bundestag via a direct mandate in the constituency of Dortmund II , to which he belonged for two terms until 1969.

literature

• Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , pp. 63-64.