Rudolf Dreßler
Rudolf Dreßler | |
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| Dreßler, 2018 | |
| German Ambassador to Israel | |
| In office 1 September 2000 – 31 August 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Theodor Wallau |
| Succeeded by | Harald Kindermann |
| Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs | |
| In office 28 April 1982 – 1 October 1982 | |
| Chancellor | Helmut Schmidt |
| Minister | Heinz Westphal |
| Preceded by | Hermann Buschfort |
| Succeeded by | Wolfgang Vogt |
| Member of the Bundestag for Wuppertal I | |
| In office 4 November 1980 – 31 August 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Adolf Scheu |
| Succeeded by | Ulrich Kelber |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1940年11月17日)17 November 1940 Wuppertal, Gau Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Died | 8 January 2025(2025年01月08日) (aged 84) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (1969–2025) |
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Rudolf Dreßler (17 November 1940 – 8 January 2025) was a German politician and diplomat.
Early life and career
[edit ]Born in 1940, the son of a German who resisted Adolf Hitler,[1] Dreßler grew up in Sprockhövel and went to school in Wuppertal. He was an apprentice at a printer company and worked then for different newspapers. From 1969 to 1981 he was a member of the work council of the newspaper Westdeutsche Zeitung (WAZ). From 1974 to 1983, he was a member of the Printing and Paper Union.
Political career
[edit ]Since 1969 Dreßler was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
From 1980 to 2000, Dreßler was a member of German Bundestag, representing the Wuppertal I district.[citation needed ] In 1982, he briefly served as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, in this capacity assisting minister Heinz Westphal. From 1987 to 2002, he served as deputy chair of the SPD parliamentary group, under the leadership of successive chairmen Hans-Jochen Vogel, Hans-Ulrich Klose, Rudolf Scharping and Peter Struck.
From 2000 to 2005, Dreßler served as German ambassador in Israel.[2]
In February 2023, Dreßler was one of the first signatories of a petition initiated by Sahra Wagenknecht and Alice Schwarzer calling for an end to military support for Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Personal life
[edit ]Dreßler married three times and had two children.[3]
On 11 November 1997, he had a car accident near Bonn.[4]
Dreßler died on 8 January 2025, at the age of 84.[5]
Awards
[edit ]- 1988: Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
References
[edit ]- ^ Roger Cohen (4 March 2001), Israel's Ties With Germany Elude U.S. Jews New York Times .
- ^ RP-Online vom 18. August 2000 gemäß dpa: Nach Kritik an Äußerungen über Jerusalems Status – Kontroverse um Dreßler beendet eingesehen am 28. Mai 2009
- ^ "Rudolf Dreßler". Der Spiegel . 10 October 1999. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ »Schröder war schon immer respektabel«. in: Der Spiegel 14/1998, 30 March 1998
- ^ Der ehemalige SPD-Bundespolitiker Rudolf Dreßler ist tot. wz.de, 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025 (in German).
External links
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- Rudolf Dreßler at IMDb
- Literature by and about Rudolf Dreßler in the German National Library catalogue
- Ein Parteitag muss den Richtungskampf beenden – interview i Freitag Nr. 25/2008
- 1940 births
- 2025 deaths
- Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Members of the Bundestag 1980–1983
- Members of the Bundestag 1983–1987
- Members of the Bundestag 1987–1990
- Members of the Bundestag 1990–1994
- Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998
- Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002
- 20th-century German politicians
- German trade unionists
- Parliamentary State Secretaries of Germany
- Ambassadors of Germany to Israel
- Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Politicians from Wuppertal