Peter Schulz (25 April 1930 – 17 May 2013) was a German politician, member of the
Social Democratic Party (SPD) and
First Mayor of
Hamburg
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(1971 – 1974).
Schulz was born in
Rostock
Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...
. He studied law at the
University of Hamburg
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and after his graduation in 1958 Schulz founded his own office.
Political life
In 1961 he was elected in the
Hamburg Parliament
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and served as
Senator of Justice from 1966. In 1970 he became Senator for Schools and Youth and Second Mayor.
On 16 June 1971 he was elected as First Mayor of Hamburg but resigned after the 1974 election, on 12 November 1974.
From 1978 to 1982 and from 1983 to 1986 Schulz was President of Hamburg Parliament.
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References
External links
Schulz Noack Bärwinkel – Lawyers
office homepage
1930 births
2013 deaths
Politicians from Rostock
Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
Members of the Hamburg Parliament
Mayors of Hamburg
Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund members
University of Hamburg alumni
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