Günther Gereke
German lawyer and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Günther Gereke (6 October 1893 – 1 May 1970) was a German lawyer and politician whose political career spanned the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany and postwar West Germany. As the Reichskommissar for Employment Creation, he developed the public works employment plan enacted by the last Weimar cabinet. At first retained in the cabinet formed by Adolf Hitler, he was soon purged and jailed several times under the Nazi regime. Following the end of the Second World War, as a supporter of German unification and an opponent of alliance with the Western Bloc, he broke with German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and defected to East Germany in 1952.
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Günther Gereke | |
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Reichskommissar for Employment Creation | |
In office 3 December 1932 – 30 March 1933 | |
Chancellor | Kurt von Schleicher Adolf Hitler |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Interior Minister Lower Saxony | |
In office 9 December 1946 – 14 April 1947 | |
Deputy Minister President and Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forestry Lower Saxony | |
In office 9 June 1948 – 21 June 1950 | |
Additional positions | |
1924–1928 1930–1932 | Reichstag member |
1930–1931 | Deputy member, Reichsrat |
1930-1933 | Deputy member, Prussian State Council |
1946-1952 | Lower Saxon Landtag member |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 October 1893 Gruna, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
Died | 1 May 1970 (age 76) Neuenhagen bei Berlin, Brandenburg, East Germany |
Nationality | German |
Political party | German National People's Party Christian-National Peasants' and Farmers' Party Christian Democratic Union of Germany All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights Deutsche Soziale Partei [de] Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) |
Alma mater | University of Leipzig Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich University of Würzburg Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg |
Profession | Lawyer |
Known for | Employment Creation Program of 1933 |
Military service | |
Allegiance | German Empire |
Branch/service | Imperial German Army |
Years of service | 1914–1918 |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Awards | Wound Badge |
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