Helmut Rohde | |
|---|---|
 Rohde in 1975 | |
| Federal Minister of Education and Science | |
| In office 16 May 1974 – 16 February 1978 | |
| Premier | Helmut Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Klaus von Dohnanyi |
| Succeeded by | Jürgen Schmude |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1925-11-09)9 November 1925 Hanover, Germany |
| Died | 16 April 2016(2016-04-16) (aged 90) Sankt Augustin, Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Awards | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1978) |
Helmut Rohde (9 November 1925 – 16 April 2016) was a German politician who served asfederal minister of education and science from 1974 to 1978.[1]
Rohde was born inHanover on 9 November 1925.[2] His father, August, was a welder and a social democrat member of the independent trade union.[2] Helmut Rohde fought in theGerman army inWorld War II and was a POW until 1945 when he was freed.[2]
He studied journalism following the war and graduated in 1947.[3] In 1950, he began to study politics and business in a higher education institution inWilhelmshaven, which later became part of theUniversity of Göttingen.[4]
In 1945, Rohde became a member of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD).[3] After graduation he began to work as an editor at theGerman Press Agency's Hannover branch.[2] His pseudonym in his writings wasAchilles, the name of his grandfather.[2] He served in the party's local organizations in Hannover in the 1950s[3] and later served in its "working group for workers' questions".[5] In 1957, he was elected to theBundestag with the SPD from Hannover.[4] From 1964 to 1965 he was also a member of theEuropean Parliament.[2]
He was appointed federal minister of education and science on 16 May 1974, replacingKlaus von Dohnanyi in the post.[6] He served in thecabinet led byPrime MinisterHelmut Schmidt.[5] In 1975, Rohde became a member of the SPD's executive committee.[3] Rohde's cabinet post ended on 16 February 1978 and another SPD politician,Jürgen Schmude, replaced him in the post.[5] After leaving office he concentrated on his work in the SPD's working group for workers' questions.[7]
In 1985, Rohde began to work as a lecturer atLeibniz University Hannover and theUniversity of Bochum.[4] In 1994, he was named as an honorary professor of theUniversity of Bremen.[4]
Rohde lived in a nursing home nearBonn.[4] He died on 16 April 2016, aged 90.[1][8]
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