Herbert Ehrenberg | |
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 Herbert Ehrenberg (1981) | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 1972–1990 | |
| Constituency | Wilhelmshaven |
| Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany) | |
| In office 16 December 1976 – 28 April 1982 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1926-12-21)21 December 1926 |
| Died | 20 February 2018(2018-02-20) (aged 91) |
| Political party | SPD |
Herbert Ehrenberg (21 December 1926 – 20 February 2018) was a German politician.[1]
Ehrenberg was born inKollnischken,East Prussia (today Kolniszki,Gmina Gołdap,Poland) and visited school (Staatliche Kantschule) inGoldap until 1943, when he was conscripted to theWehrmacht. He joined theNazi Party on 20 April 1944. After his release asPrisoner of war in 1947 he passed hisAbitur and studied national economy inWilhelmshaven and at theUniversity of Göttingen, where he took his doctorate in 1958.[1]
Ehrenberg joined thePublic Services, Transport and Traffic Union (ÖTV) in 1949 and theSocial Democratic Party of Germany, or SPD, in 1955. In 1964 he became the head of the national economy branch at the chairman ofIG Bau-Steine-Erden-Union and in 1968 he started to work at theFederal Ministry of economics. In 1969 he switched to theGerman Chancellery and was a Secretary of State at theFederal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany) in 1971–72 and its Minister in 1976–82.
Ehrenberg was the vice-president of the Social Democratic Fraction in theBundestag in 1974–1976 and a member of the Federal Executive Board of the SPD in 1975–1984. In 1997–2001 he was the Chairman of the Honorary Executive Board and in 2001–2003 the first President of theInternationaler Bund Freier Träger der Jugend-, Sozial- und Bildungsarbeit, afterwards its Honorary President.[1] Ehrenberg died on 20 February 2018 at the age of 91.[2]
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