Wolfgang Reuter (politician, 1935)
Wolfgang Reuter (* 1935 in Offenbach am Main ) is a German local politician ( SPD ). From October 10, 1986 to January 20, 1994, he was Lord Mayor of the Hessian city of Offenbach am Main.
Live and act
Wolfgang Reuter was born in Offenbach in 1935. After the Second World War he became an active member of the Falcons . In 1950 he broke off attending the Rudolf Koch School to start a commercial apprenticeship. In 1952 he became a representative of his association in the city youth ring and in 1958 also in the youth welfare committee , in 1956 youth secretary at the Falken in Frankfurt am Main . In the same year he joined the SPD. From 1961 to 1970 he was first party secretary, then education officer in the SPD district of Hesse-South . In the mid-1960s he also headed the district's monthly magazine - Der Sozialdemokrat - which was founded in 1965 on the basis of the newspaper of the same name that appeared from 1879 to 1890 . From 1970 he was the managing director of the SPD in southern Hesse and was jointly responsible for Willy Brandt's election campaign in Hesse.
In 1976 he switched to Offenbach local politics and became a full-time city councilor under the then mayor Walter Buckpesch , responsible for social affairs and health. Elected mayor in 1986, he temporarily managed the mayor's department. From 1988 to 1994 he was elected Lord Mayor of the city. During his term of office the establishment of new town twinning agreements with Orjol and Rivas fall . In addition, the psychiatry reform at the municipal hospital was initiated and the construction of the city tunnel and the development of the Kaiserlei began.
Until 2009, Reuter was chairman of the supervisory boards of Offenbacher Verkehrs-Betriebe and Stadtwerke Offenbach Holding GmbH. Since the mid-1990s he has headed the Historical Commission of the Offenbacher SPD, which publishes books and writings on the history of the city and party with the “Rote Reihe” of the Offenbacher Editions publishing house. He is also deputy chairman of the Offenbach Seniors' Council. In Bieber-Waldhof he moderates the topic series Waldhof talk .
Fonts
- Twelve Offenbach Social Democrats: 1870 to 1970. Published by the Historical Commission of the SPD Offenbach. Offenbacher Editions, Offenbach am Main 2004. ISBN 978-3-9806334-7-5
- Offenbacher against the Nazi dictatorship . Published by the historical commission of the SPD sub-district Offenbach. Offenbacher Editions, Offenbach am Main 2012. ISBN 978-3-939537-16-8
literature
- Thomas Lemnitzer: 70 years of politics and commitment. In: Courage & Love. Edition March 2018, issue 26, p. 21 f. ( Online )
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Reuter in the catalog of the German National Library
Peter Georg d'Orville (1823–1826) | Heinrich Philipp Schwaner (1826–1834) | Peter Georg d'Orville (second term of office) (1834–1837) | Jonas Budden (1837–1849) | Friedrich August Schäfer (1849-1859) | Johann Heinrich Dick (1859–1867) | Johann Martin Hirschmann (1867–1874) | Hermann Stölting (1874–1882) | Wilhelm Brink (1883–1907) | Andreas Dullo (1907-1919) | Max Granzin (1919–1933) | Heinrich Schönhals (1933–1934) | Helmuth Schranz (1934–1945) | Fritz Reinicke (1945–1946) | Johannes Rebholz (1947–1949) | Hans Klüber (1950–1957) | Georg Dietrich (1957–1974) | Walter Buckpesch (1974–1980) | Walter Suermann (1980–1986) | Wolfgang Reuter (1986-1994) | Gerhard Grandke (1994-2006) | Horst Schneider (2006–2018) | Felix Schwenke (since January 21, 2018)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reuter, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Offenbach am Main |