Diether Posser

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Diether Posser

Diether Posser (9 March 1922 in Essen – 9 January 2010 in Essen) was a German politician, representative of the Social Democratic Party.

Life

During his childhood in Essen he was influenced by the

Bayernpartei), and the future President Johannes Rau the pacifist All-German People's Party
, of which he was made General Secretary after the 1953 resignation of Bodensteiner.

After the party's collapse in 1957, he became a member of the SPD, for whom he joined the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1966. In 1968 he was named the Minister for Federal Affairs.[1] In 1972 he switched to the Judicial Department, before he became Finance Minister in 1978.[1] He held this position until 1988 in the second and third cabinets of President Johannes Rau.[1]

Posser was the Godfather of actor Diether Krebs.

Works

See also

  • List of Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians

External links

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ehemaliger NRW-Finanzminister: Diether Posser ist tot". www.spiegel.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2020-11-01.