Walter Behrendt

Walter Behrendt (German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ ˈbeːʁɛnt]; 18 September 1914^[1] – 23 July 1997^[2]) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and president of the European Parliament (1971–1973).^[3]

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Quick Facts MdBMEP, Member of the Bundestag ...

MdB Walter Behrendt MEP
Behrendt in 1972

Member of the Bundestag
In office 1957–1976
Constituency	Dortmund III
Vice-President of the European Parliament
In office 1969–1971
In office 1973–1977
9th President of the European Parliament
In office 16 March 1971 – 1973
Preceded by	Mario Scelba
Succeeded by	Cornelis Berkhouwer

Personal details
Born	(1914-09-18)September 18, 1914 Dortmund, German Empire
Died	July 23, 1997(1997-07-23) (aged 82) Dortmund, West Germany
Political party	SPD (1932-1997)

Behrendt was trained as a merchant and accountant.^[4] He took part in World War II and afterwards worked as clerk in an industrial firm. In 1954 he became a contributor to the company journal of Hoesch-Westfalenhütte AG in Dortmund.^[5] Behrendt joined SPD in 1932 being a member of the Socialist Working Youth (Sozialistische Arbeiterjugend). From 1945 to 1947 he was chairman of the regional Socialist Youth for Dortmund, Lünen and Castrop-Rauxel. He was chairman of the SPD branch in Dortmund-Altenderne in 1951/52 and in Dortmund from 1952 to 1955.

From 1952 until his death, Behrendt was a municipal councillor in Dortmund. In 1957 he was elected member of the Bundestag (electoral constituency: Dortmund III) and remained in office until 1976.^[6] Between 1961 and 1967 he was assistant chairman of the Labour Committee. Additionally, Behrendt was a member of the European Parliament from 1967 to 1977 where he served as vice-president (1969–71, 1973–77) and president (1971–73). He was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto in 1973.^[7]

Behrendt was also a member of the supervisory board of Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG and Dortmunder Hafen und Eisenbahn AG.

Career

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