Walter Behrendt
Walter Behrendt (18 September 1914 in Dortmund[1] – 23 July 1997 in Dortmund[2]) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and president of the European Parliament (1971–1973).[3]
Career
[edit]Behrendt was trained as a merchant and accountant.[4] He took part in World War II and afterwards worked as clerk in an industrial firm. In 1954 he became a contributor to the company journal of Hoesch-Westfalenhütte AG in Dortmund.[5] Behrendt joined SPD in 1932 being a member of the Socialist Working Youth (Sozialistische Arbeiterjugend). From 1945 to 1947 he was chairman of the regional Socialist Youth for Dortmund, Lünen and Castrop-Rauxel. He was chairman of the SPD branch in Dortmund-Altenderne in 1951/52 and in Dortmund from 1952 to 1955.
From 1952 until his death, Behrendt was municipal councillor in Dortmund. In 1957 he was elected member of the Bundestag (electoral constituency: Dortmund III) and remained in office until 1976.[6] Between 1961 and 1967 he was assistant chairman of the Labour Committee. Additionally, Behrendt was member of the European Parliament from 1967 to 1977 where he served as vice-president (1969–71, 1973–77) and president (1971–73). He was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto in 1973.[7]
Behrendt was also member of the supervisory board of Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG and Dortmunder Hafen und Eisenbahn AG.
References
[edit]- ^ Amtliches Handbuch des Deutschen Bundestages (in German). Neue Darmstädter Verlagsanstalt. 1970. p. 38. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ Brusis, Ilse (2008). "Wir haben etwas bewegt": der Seniorenrat der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands : 110 Lebensläufe von Sozialdemokratinnen und Sozialdemokraten (in German). Vorwärts Buch. p. 28. ISBN 978-3-86602-083-2. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "Former European Parliament Presidents". European Parliament. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "Walter Behrendt - Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ Vierhaus, Rudolf (15 June 2011). Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages 1949-2002 (in German). Walter de Gruyter. p. 52. ISBN 978-3-11-096905-4. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ Die CDU/CSU-Fraktion im Deutschen Bundestag: Sitzungsprotokolle (in German). Droste. 2004. p. 2339. ISBN 978-3-7700-5253-0. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "Humanist Manifesto II". American Humanist Association. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
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