The German Police Trade Union (, DPolG) is a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. Representing 94,000 police employees, it is the second largest union for police employees in Germany, following the

Gewerkschaft der Polizei The Gewerkschaft der Polizei (GdP; ) is a trade union in Germany. It represents 181,000 police employees, and is one of eight industrial affiliations of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB). The GdP is one of the three trade unions for ...

(GdP). It is affiliated with the

German Civil Service Federation The German Civil Service Association () is a national trade union centre in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the ...

(', DBB). Since 2007, the union has been headed by

Rainer Wendt Rainer Wendt (born 29 November 1956 in Duisburg) is a German former policeman (Schutzpolizei). Since 2007 he is the Federal Chairman of the German Police Union (DPolG). The DPolG is one of the two German police unions. Left-of-center daily tagez ...

, who was reelected in 2011, and – receiving more than 98% of member votes – in 2015.

Presidents

* 1951–1962: Kurt Fähnrich * 1962–1968: Walter Seidel * 1968–1971: Jürgen Brockmann * 1971–1975: Johannes Zistel * 1975–1991: Benedikt-Martin Gregg * 1991–1995: Harald Thiemann * 1995–2003: Gerhard Vogler * 2003–2007: Wolfgang Speck * since 2007:

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* Trade unions in Germany Organisations based in Berlin Trade unions established in 1951 1951 establishments in Germany {{Germany-org-stub