Horst Grabert | |
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 Grabert in 1974 | |
| Head of the Chancellery West Germany | |
| In office 18 December 1972 – 15 May 1974 | |
| Chancellor | Willy BrandtWalter Scheel(acting) |
| Preceded by | Horst Ehmke |
| Succeeded by | Manfred Schüler |
| Member of theAbgeordnetenhaus of Berlin West Berlin | |
| In office 14 March 1971 – 18 January 1973 | |
| President | Walter Sickert |
| Succeeded by | Ursula Maletzke |
| Senator of Federal Affairs of Berlin West Berlin | |
| In office 9 July 1969 – 18 December 1972 | |
| Governor | Klaus Schütz |
| Preceded by | Dietrich Spangenberg |
| Succeeded by | Dietrich Stobbe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1927-12-12)12 December 1927 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 10 October 2011(2011-10-10) (aged 83) Berlin, Germany |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | Technische Universität Berlin |
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Horst Grabert (12 December 1927 – 10 October 2011) was a German politician and diplomat.
Grabert's father worked as an accountant after serving as a front officer in theFirst World War. Although Grabert, like hisJewish mother, was baptized as aProtestant in 1939, he had to leave theSteglitz high school in 1942. After an apprenticeship as an architecturaldraftsman, he was sent to a labor camp in 1944. Without a high school diploma, he was able to study atTechnische Universität Berlin from 1946 after a special examination and became a qualified civil engineer in 1952.[1]
In 1952 Grabert joined the West Berlin Senate Administration and became a government construction trainee at the Senator for Construction and Housing. In 1955 he passed the building assessor exam and subsequently rose from building officer to senior building officer, building director and, in 1963, senate director. From 1969 to 1973 he wasSenator for Federal Affairs and at the same time the officialrepresentative of Berlin at federal level.[2]
| Country | Year | Decoration | Ribbon | ||
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 Austria | 1973 | Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria |  | ||
| Austria | 1979 | Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria |  | ||
 Germany | 1984 | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |  | ||
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