Ottmar Schreiner
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Ottmar Schreiner | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
In office 1980–2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Merzig, Saarland, Germany | 21 February 1946
Died | 6 April 2013 | (aged 67)
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Ottmar Schreiner (21 February 1946 – 6 April 2013) was a German
Education and career
Schreiner studied law at the
In 1969, he became a member of the SPD. He was a founder of the JuSo Hochschulgruppen (Young Socialist Student Groups) and acted as chairman of the General Students' Committee (AStA) at Saarbrücken University, and from there was elected to the federal executive of the Verband Deutscher Studentenschaften, the national confederation of General Students' Committees.
Later he was elected to the
From 1980 until his death in April 2013, Schreiner was a member of the Bundestag. He received a direct mandate in the electoral district Saarlouis, which he defended at the federal elections in 2005.
From 1991 to 1997 he was a speaker of the SPD's parliamentary group in the Ausschuss für Arbeit und Sozialordnung (Committee on work and social order). From 1997 to 1998 he was deputy chairman of his party's group in the Bundestag. From 1998 to 1999 he was Bundesgeschäftsführer (executive director) of the SPD. He was the chairman of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Arbeitnehmerfragen, a study group inside the SPD, which is reputed to be leftist and closely connected to
Death
Schreiner died in April 2013 after a long battle with cancer.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Ex-Chef des Arbeitnehmerflügels: SPD-Politiker Ottmar Schreiner ist tot". Der Spiegel. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Ottmar Schreiner – Socialiste, officier parachutiste et catholique (28.04.2013)". cneffpaysages on LeMonde.fr. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "SPD-Politiker Ottmar Schreiner ist tot". Sueddeutsche. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ "SPD-Politiker verstorben: Ottmar Schreiner ist tot". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2013.
External links
- Official website (German)