Helmut Rohde | |
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Federal Minister of Education and Science | |
In office 16 May 1974 – 16 February 1978 | |
Premier | Helmut Schmidt |
Preceded by | Klaus von Dohnanyi |
Succeeded by | Jürgen Schmude |
Personal details | |
Born | (1925-11-09)9 November 1925 Hanover, Germany |
Died | 16 April 2016(2016-04-16) (aged 90) Sankt Augustin, Germany |
Political party | Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
Helmut Rohde (9 November 1925 – 16 April 2016) was a German politician who served as federal minister of education and science from 1974 to 1978. [1]
Rohde was born in Hanover on 9 November 1925. [2] His father, August, was a welder and a social democrat member of the independent trade union. [2] Helmut Rohde fought in the German army in World War II and was a POW until 1945 when he was freed. [2]
He studied journalism following the war and graduated in 1947. [3] In 1950, he began to study politics and business in a higher education institution in Wilhelmshaven, which later became part of the University of Göttingen. [4]
In 1945, Rohde became a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). [3] After graduation he began to work as an editor at the German Press Agency's Hannover branch. [2] His pseudonym in his writings was Achilles, the name of his grandfather. [2] He served in the party's local organizations in Hannover in the 1950s [3] and later served in its "working group for workers' questions". [5] In 1957, he was elected to the Bundestag with the SPD from Hannover. [4] From 1964 to 1965 he was also a member of the European Parliament. [2]
He was appointed federal minister of education and science on 16 May 1974, replacing Klaus von Dohnanyi in the post. [6] He served in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Helmut Schmidt. [5] In 1975, Rohde became a member of the SPD's executive committee. [3] Rohde's cabinet post ended on 16 February 1978 and another SPD politician, Jürgen Schmude, replaced him in the post. [5] After leaving office he concentrated on his work in the SPD's working group for workers' questions. [7]
In 1985, Rohde began to work as a lecturer at Leibniz University Hannover and the University of Bochum. [4] In 1994, he was named as an honorary professor of the University of Bremen. [4]
Rohde lived in a nursing home near Bonn. [4] He died on 16 April 2016, aged 90. [1] [8]
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