Walter Behrendt
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Walter Behrendt (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 18 September 1914[1] – 23 July 1997[2]) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and president of the European Parliament (1971–1973).[3]
Career
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 a 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 a 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 a member of the supervisory board of Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG and Dortmunder Hafen und Eisenbahn AG.
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- 1914 births
- 1997 deaths
- Politicians from Dortmund
- Presidents of the European Parliament
- Social Democratic Party of Germany MEPs
- MEPs for Germany 1958–1979
- Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
- Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany