Heinz Oskar Vetter
German trade unionist and politician
Heinz Oskar Vetter (21 October 1917 – 18 October 1990) was a German trade union leader and politician.
Born in Bochum, Vetter completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith, before becoming a machinist at a coal mine. He served in the Luftwaffe during World War II, before returning to mining. He joined the Union of Mining and Energy (IG BE), and became a union representative, working full-time for the union from 1952. In 1953, he joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany.[1]
In 1960, Vetter was elected to the executive of IG BE, and in 1964 he became its vice-president. In 1969, he left, to become president of the German Trade Union Confederation, serving until 1982. From 1974 until 1979, he additionally served as president of the European Trade Union Confederation, and from 1979 to 1989 he served in the European Parliament.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Frühere Vorsitzende des DGB". German Trade Union Confederation. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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| Preceded by Fritz Dahlmann | Vice President of the Union of Mining and Energy 1964–1969 | Succeeded by Karl van Bark |
| Preceded by Ludwig Rosenberg | President of the German Trade Union Confederation 1969–1982 | Succeeded by Ernst Breit |
| Preceded by Vic Feather | President of the European Trade Union Confederation 1974–1979 | Succeeded by Wim Kok |
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German members of the European Parliament (1979–1984)- Rudi Arndt
- Willy Brandt
- Ludwig Fellermaier
- Katharina Focke
- Bruno Friedrich
- Volkmar Gabert
- Klaus Hänsch
- Karl Hauenschild
- Luise Herklotz
- Magdalene Hoff
- Jan Klinkenborg
- Heinz Kühn
- Erwin Lange
- Erdmann Linde
- Rolf Linkohr
- Eugen Loderer
- Heinke Salisch
- Rudolf Schieler
- Dieter Schinzel
- Gerhard Schmid
- Heinz Schmitt
- Karl Schön
- Olaf Schwencke
- Horst Seefeld
- Hans-Joachim Seeler
- Lieselotte Seibel-Emmerling
- Hellmut Sieglerschmidt
- Heinz Oskar Vetter
- Thomas von der Vring
- Manfred Wagner
- Gerd Walter
- Beate Weber
- Klaus Wettig
- Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
- Jochen van Aerssen
- Siegbert Alber
- Philipp von Bismarck
- Erik Blumenfeld
- Isidor Früh
- Wilhelm Hahn
- Kai-Uwe von Hassel
- Wilhelm Helms
- Karl-Heinz Hoffmann
- Hans Katzer
- Egon Klepsch
- Herbert Köhler
- Horst Langes
- Gerd Lemmer
- Marlene Lenz
- Rudolf Luster
- Ernst Majonica
- Kurt Malangré
- Meinholf Mertens
- Ernst Müller-Hermann
- Franz-Josef Nordlohne
- Gero Pfennig
- Hans-Gert Pöttering
- Albert Pürtsen
- Renate-Charlotte Rabbethge
- Günter Rinsche
- Bernhard Sälzer
- Casimir Johannes Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
- Wolfgang Schall
- Paul Schnitker
- Konrad Schön
- Hanna Walz
- Kurt Wawrzik
- Karl von Wogau
- Joachim Wuermeling
- Heinrich Aigner
- Reinhold Bocklet
- Ingo Friedrich
- Karl Fuchs
- Alfons Goppel
- Otto von Habsburg
- Hans August Lücker
- Ursula Schleicher
- Mechthild von Alemann
- Martin Bangemann
- Ulrich Irmer
- Heinrich Jürgens
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