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Heinz-Werner Meyer

German trade union leader and politician

Heinz-Werner Meyer (24 August 1932 – 9 May 1994) was a German trade union leader and politician.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Heinz-Werner Meyer (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Aug 24, 1932, died May 9, 1994.1

About

Born in the Harburg area of Hamburg, Meyer became a coal miner, while attending night school. He joined the Union of Mining and Energy (IG BE), and also the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From 1955, he studied economics at the Academy of Economics and Politics, then in 1957 he became the IG BE's full-time youth secretary.

Meyer's rise in the union continued, as in 1964 he was appointed as head of its organisation department, and in 1969 he won election to its executive. From 1975 to 1985, he also served in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1984 he became vice president of IG BE, and then in 1985 the president of the union. In 1987, he was elected to serve in the Bundestag, standing down in 1990, when he was elected as president of the German Trade Union Confederation. He remained in post until his death, in 1994.

From Wikipedia’s article on Heinz-Werner Meyer, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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Career

Occupation: union member, social democrat, politician, miner, member of parliament.6

  • 1990 to 1994Chair, Confederation of German Trade Unions5
  • 1987 to 1990Member of the German Bundestag3
  • 1985 to 1990Chair, Union of Mining and Energy4
  • Date not recordedMember of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia3

Personal life

  • BornAug 24, 1932, Harburg7
  • DiedMay 9, 1994, Siegburg8
  • CitizenshipGermany9

Awards

  • 1987Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia10

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