Willy Könen

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Willy Könen (born April 8, 1908 in Düsseldorf ; † June 28, 1980 in Düsseldorf) was a German SPD politician .

biography

education and profession

After graduating from secondary school in 1923, Könen, who was a Protestant , took up self-study in economic and social policy. Since 1924 he was a member of the Central Association of Employees , in 1926 he also joined the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold . He also completed a commercial apprenticeship by 1926. After graduation, he initially worked as a technical businessman for electrical engineering and then until 1933 as a labor service manager in the social service , the voluntary labor service of the ADGB . After the Reich Labor Service refused to accept a job, he was initially unemployed before he found employment as a commercial clerk. During the Second World War he was temporarily a soldier and became a prisoner of war.

After returning from captivity in 1946, Könen was employed as a clerk in the Higher Presidium of North Rhine, but in the same year switched to the workers' welfare organization as organizational secretary, managing director and chairman (until 1977) for the Düsseldorf administrative district .

politics

Könen had been a member of the SPD since 1926. From 1948 to 1956 he was district chairman of the Lower Rhine of the Social Democrats and deputy chairman of the SPD sub-district of Düsseldorf.

Könen was a member of the German Bundestag from 1953 to 1969. March 23, 1955 to 1955 he was Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Local Politics , November 9, 1960 to 1965 then the Committee on local politics and social welfare , and finally from 1965 to 1969 of the Committee on municipal policy, spatial planning, urban development and housing.

From 1948 to 1954, Könen was a councilor in Düsseldorf.

Honors

Others

In August 1953, Könen was involved in a serious car accident in Düsseldorf. On October 18, 1955, he was sentenced to four months in prison by an extended jury in Düsseldorf for negligent homicide.

The immunity committee of the Bundestag suggested that the execution of sentences be granted during the parliamentary holidays from July 9 to September 9, 1956. The reporter wrote: From the provision of Article 46, Paragraph 4 of the Basic Law, according to which the Bundestag can postpone the suspension of criminal prosecution, it follows that the proposed time limit for approval is legally permissible.

Footnotes

  1. bundestag.de: Written report by the Committee on Election Review and Immunity (PDF; 284 kB) from June 26, 1956