Wolfgang Hinrichs (politician)
Wolfgang Hinrichs (born August 28, 1922 in Bremen ; † September 3, 2010 in Bremen) was a German businessman and politician ( CDU ) and as such a member of the Bremen citizenship and the German Bundestag .
Life
education and profession
After graduating from high school, Hinrichs served in the Wehrmacht from 1941 to 1945 during World War II . In 1947 he passed his assistant exam in the textile retail trade, and two years later he took his diploma in economics in Bonn. The first legal state examination in Hamburg followed in 1950. He finally became managing partner of the fashion house Hinrichs & Bollweg and Rolf Bischoff GmbH in Bremen and from 1963 to 1974 he was president of Einar -kauf GmbH for fashion houses in Frankfurt.
Hinrichs was married and had three children.
politics
Hinrichs was a member of the CDU and from 1979 to 1990 a board member of the CDU regional association in Bremen. From 1978 to 1991 was a member of the federal executive committee of the CDU Economic Council (now Economic Council Germany) and chairman of the Bremen regional association. Since October 1991 he has been honorary chairman of the Bremen State Association of the Economic Council.
From 1979 to March 25, 1983 he was a member of the Bremen citizenship as well as on the parliamentary committee and economic policy spokesman for the CDU. He was also a member of the parliament's deputation for economy and foreign trade.
From 1983 to 1990 he was a member of the German Bundestag (MP) and deputy chairman of the SME Discussion Group (DKM) of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group.
Other offices
- Hinrichs was chairman from 1966 to 1983 and vice-chairman from 1983 to 1990 of the North Sea retail association for the state of Bremen and the retail department of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce.
- From 1969 to 1983 he was Vice President and from 1983 to 1990 President of the Main Association of German Retailers (HDE) and since October 1990 he was Honorary President of the HDE.
- From 1974 to 1983 he was Vice President and since 1986 Senior of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce . From 1974 to 1990 he was a member of the trade and middle class committee of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK).
- From 1961 to 1990 he was a member of the board of the Bremen State Working Group (LAG) and of the Presidential Council of the Federal Working Group of Medium-Sized and Large-Scale Retailers and from 1964 to 1974 Chairman of the Cartel Committee.
- From 1970 to 1990 he was a member of the advisory board for medium-sized businesses and liberal professions at the Federal Minister of Economics
- From 1985 to 1991 he was a member of the board or board of trustees of the Exhibition and Trade Fair Committee of German Business (AUMA), Messe Frankfurt GmbH (advisory board), the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in Munich, the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft in Essen and the Institute for Finance and Taxes in Bonn.
- He was on various administrative and supervisory bodies, from 1985 to 1991 at the German Compensation Bank , from Urbanicom Internat. Association of urban development and retail in Cologne / Brussels , at Iduna Lebensversicherung in Hamburg, from 1976 to 1996 at Sparkasse Bremen and on the advisory board of the entrepreneurial magazine Impulse .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Weser-Kurier of September 7, 2010, p. 22.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hinrichs, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag and a businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 2010 |
| Place of death | Bremen |