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Kurt Gscheidle | |
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| Minister of Transport | |
| In office 16 May 1974 – 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Lauritz Lauritzen |
| Succeeded by | Volker Hauff |
| Federal Minister of Post and Telecommunications | |
| In office 16 May 1974 – 28 April 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Horst Ehmke |
| Succeeded by | Hans Matthöfer |
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| Born | (1924-12-16)16 December 1924 Stuttgart, Germany |
| Died | 22 February 2003(2003-02-22) (aged 78) Saarbrücken, Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Occupation | Engineer |
Kurt Gscheidle (16 December 1924 – 22 February 2003) was a German politician affiliated to theSocial Democratic Party (SPD).
Gscheidle trained as a mechanic with theDeutsche Reichspost until 1942, when he was called up by theWehrmacht. In 1948 he returned from war captivity, began studies at theDortmund Social Academy [de] and graduated as an engineer. In 1953 Gscheidle became an official of theDeutsche Bundespost labor union and was elected vice-chairman in 1957. He had joined the SPD in 1956, from 1961 until 1969 and again from 1976 to 1980 he was a member of theBundestag.
In 1969 Gscheidle was a nominee for Chairman of theGerman Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB) but had to step down in favour ofHeinz Oskar Vetter. He then served as a secretary of state at theFederal Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and from 1974 asFederal Minister of Transport (until 1980) andFederal Minister of Post and Telecommunications (until 1982) underHelmut Schmidt in the latter's three terms asFederal Chancellor.
Gscheidle is known amongphilatelists for a stamp designed on the occasion of the1980 Summer Olympics inMoscow. AsWest Germany participated in theOlympics boycott the stamp was never issued, however Gscheidle, then Minister of Post had received some proofs which he kept after his incumbency. From 1982 to 1983 his wife erroneously used about 24 of these stamps for her private correspondence, which today realize peak prices at auctions. In October 2010, one of the Gscheidle stamps was sold for 26,000 euros in Düsseldorf, Germany.[1]
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