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Walter Behrendt (18 September 1914 in Dortmund – 23 July 1997 in Dortmund) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and president of the European Parliament (1971–1973).

Career

Behrendt was trained as a merchant and accountant. 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. 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 municipal councillor in Dortmund. In 1957 he was elected member of the Bundestag (electoral constituency: Dortmund III) and remained in office until 1976. Between 1961 and 1967 he was assistant chairman of the Labour Committee. Additionally, Behrendt was 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.

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

References

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2. Brusis, Ilse (2008). "Wir haben etwas bewegt": der Seniorenrat der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands : 110 Lebensläufe von Sozialdemokratinnen und Sozialdemokraten (in German). Vorwärts Buch. p. 28. ISBN 978-3-86602-083-2. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
3. "Former European Parliament Presidents". European Parliament. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
4. "Walter Behrendt - Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
5. Vierhaus, Rudolf (15 June 2011). Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages 1949-2002 (in German). Walter de Gruyter. p. 52. ISBN 978-3-11-096905-4. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
6. Die CDU/CSU-Fraktion im Deutschen Bundestag: Sitzungsprotokolle (in German). Droste. 2004. p. 2339. ISBN 978-3-7700-5253-0. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
7. "Humanist Manifesto II". American Humanist Association. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2012.

v t e Presidents of the European Parliament
Common Assembly: 1952–1958	Paul-Henri Spaak Alcide De Gasperi Giuseppe Pella Hans Furler
Parliamentary Assembly: 1958–1962	Robert Schuman Hans Furler
European Parliament (appointed): 1962–1979	Gaetano Martino Jean Duvieusart Victor Leemans Alain Poher Mario Scelba Walter Behrendt Cornelis Berkhouwer Georges Spénale Emilio Colombo
European Parliament (elected): 1979–present	Simone Veil Piet Dankert Pierre Pflimlin Henry Plumb Enrique Barón Egon Klepsch Klaus Hänsch José María Gil-Robles Nicole Fontaine Pat Cox Josep Borrell Hans-Gert Pöttering Jerzy Buzek Martin Schulz Antonio Tajani David Sassoli Roberta Metsola
Commission President President of the European Council Council Presidency President of Parliament

v t e Members of the 4th Bundestag (1961–1965)
President: Eugen Gerstenmaier (CDU)
CDU/CSU	v t e CDU and CSU Speaker: Heinrich von Brentano until 14 November 1964; Rainer Barzel from 1 December 1964 CDU: Ackermann (from 16 January 1965) Adenauer Adorno Arndgen Arnold Artzinger Baier Baldauf Balkenhol Barzel Bauknecht Bausch Becker (from 11 June 1964) Becker Benda Berberich Berger (from 22 December 1964) Bewerunge Biechele Bieringer Birrenbach Bismarck Blank Bleyler Blöcker Blohm Blumenfeld Bodelschwingh Böhm Böhme Brand Brauksiepe Brentano (until 14 November 1964) Brese Brück Bucerius (until 22 March 1962) Bühler Burgbacher Burgemeister Conring Czaja Delden Deringer Dichgans Diebäcker Draeger Dresbach Ehren (from 4 October 1962 until 30 November 1964) Eichelbaum Elbrächter Engelbrecht-Greve (until 7 December 1962) Engländer (from 1 August 1962) Erhard Etzel Even (until 24 November 1964) Even Exner (from 30 November 1964) Falke Finckh (until 28 April 1962) Franzen (until 8 October 1965) Frey Friedensburg Fritz (until 5 January 1965) Furler Gaßmann Gedat Gehring Gerlich (from 24 August 1963) Gerns (until 20 August 1963) Gerstenmaier Gewandt Gibbert Giencke Glüsing Goldhagen (until 7 January 1964) Gossel Gottesleben Götz Gradl Griesinger (from 23 November 1964) Güde Günther Haase Hagen (from 20 January 1964) Hahn (from 9 May 1962 until 16 November 1964) Hahn Harnischfeger Härzschel (from 28 October 1963) Hauser Häussler (from 20 April 1964) Heck Heix Hesberg Hesemann Hilbert Höchst Höfler (until 21 October 1963) Holkenbrink Hoogen (until 11 December 1964) Horn Hörnemann Hübner Huthmacher (until 13 February 1962) Huys Illerhaus Jacobi Josten Jungmann Kalinke Kanka Katzer Klee Klein Kliesing Klinker (from 10 December 1962) Knobloch Kopf Krone Krüger Kühn Kuntscher Kurtz (from 12 October 1964) Leicht Lemmer Lenz Lenze Leonhard Löhr Lücke Luda Majonica Martin Maucher Maxsein Mayer Meis Mengelkamp Menke Merkatz Mick Missbach Müller Müller Müller Müller-Hermann Müser Neumann Nieberg Oberländer (from 9 May 1963) Oetzel Pannhoff Pferdmenges (until 28 September 1962) Pflaumbaum Philipp Pitz-Savelsberg Poepke Porten Preiß (from 24 November 1964) Rasner Rauhaus Rehling (until 29 May 1964) Reinhard Richarts Riedel Rollmann Rommerskirchen Rösing (from 30 June 1965) Ruf Ruland (from 19 February 1962 until 28 September 1964) Scheppmann Schlick Schmidt Schmücker Schneider (from 27 March 1962) Schröder Schroeder Schulhoff Schwarz Schwarzhaupt Schwörer Seebohm Seffrin Serres Siemer Sinn Stauch Stecker Stein Steinmetz Stingl Stoltenberg Stommel (from 4 December 1964) Stooß Storch Storm Struve Süsterhenn Teriete Tobaben Toussaint Varelmann Verhoeven Vietje (until 2 May 1963) Vittinghoff-Schell Vogel (until 15 April 1964) Wahl Weber (until 25 July 1962) Weber Wehking Welter Wendelborn Werner Wilhelmi Willeke (until 24 June 1965) Windelen Winkelheide Wittmer-Eigenbrodt Wuermeling Wullenhaupt Zimmer CSU: Aigner Althammer Balke Bauer Besold Brenck Dittrich Dollinger Drachsler Eckhardt (from 21 July 1964) Ehnes Franz Funk (until 5 August 1963) Geiger (from 8 June 1965) Geisendörfer Gleissner Guttenberg Haas (from 9 August 1963) Haniel-Niethammer Höcherl Hösl Jaeger Kemmer (until 7 October 1964) Kempfler Knorr Krug Kuchtner Lang (until 1 June 1965) Lemmrich Lermer (until 15 July 1964) Leukert (from 27 June 1962) Lücker Manteuffel-Szoege (until 8 June 1962) Memmel Meyer (until 29 January 1962) Niederalt Probst Ramminger Schlee (from 15 February 1963) Schütz (until 5 February 1963) Seidl Spies Stiller Strauss Stücklen Sühler Unertl Vogt Wacher (until 26 March 1963) Wagner Weigl Weinkamm Weinzierl Wieninger Winter (from 2 February 1962) Wittmann (from 26 October 1964) Ziegler (from 1 April 1963) Zimmermann
SPD	v t e SPD Speaker: Erich Ollenhauer until 14 December 1963; Fritz Erler from 3 March 1964 Members: Albertz Altmaier (until 8 February 1963) Anders (from 17 April 1963) Arendt Arndt Auge Baade Bading Bals Bartsch (from 23 October 1963) Bauer Bäuerle (from 31 May 1963) Bäumer Bazille Bechert Behrendt Berger-Heise Bergmann Berkhan Berlin Beuster Beyer Biegler Biermann Birkelbach (until 30 September 1964) Blachstein Bleiß Börner Brandt (until 27 December 1961) Brauer Braun Brecht (until 10 July 1962) Brünen Bruse (from 16 July 1962) Buchstaller Busch (from 26 January 1962) Büttner Corterier Cramer Deist (until 7 March 1964) Diekmann Döhring Dopatka Dröscher Eilers Elsner Eppler Erler Eschmann Faller Felder Figgen Flämig (from 15 February 1963) Folger Franke Frede Frehsee Freyh (from 22 December 1961) Fritsch Geiger Gerlach Glombig (from 25 January 1962) Gscheidle Haage Haase (from 10 November 1961) Hamacher Hansing Harm (until 10 August 1964) Hauffe Heide Heiland (until 6 May 1965) Heinemann Hellenbrock Herberts (from 12 March 1964) Herklotz Hermsdorf Herold Hirsch Hoegner (until 4 January 1962) Höhmann Höhne Hörauf Hörmann Hubert Hübner (from 13 May 1965) Hufnagel Hussong Iven Jacobi Jacobs Jahn Jaksch Junghans Junker Jürgensen Kaffka Kahn-Ackermann (from 10 January 1962) Kalbitzer Keilhack (until 19 January 1962) Kettig Killat Kipp-Kaule Klein (until 22 October 1963) Kleinert (from 13 November 1964) Koch Koenen Kohlberger Könen Korspeter Krappe Kraus Kreyssig Kriedemann Kübler Kühn (until 9 April 1963) Kulawig Kurlbaum Lange Langebeck Lautenschlager Leber Lemper Lenz Liehr (from 11 January 1962) Lohmar Lösche (from 18 April 1963) Lücke Ludwig (from 6 January 1962 until 18 February 1962) Lünenstraß (until 16 May 1963) Marquardt Marx Matthöfer Mattick Matzner Maybaum (from 22 May 1963) Meermann Menzel (until 24 September 1963) Merten Metter Metzger Meyer Meyer Michels Möller Mommer Morgenstern Müller Müller Müller Müller Müller-Emmert Nellen Neubauer (until 16 April 1963) Neumann Nissen (until 1 October 1964) Ohlemeyer (from 14 June 1965) Ollenhauer (until 14 December 1963) Paul Peiter (from 22 February 1962) Peters Pohle (until 3 November 1961) Pohlenz (from 30 September 1963 until 10 June 1965) Pöhler Porzner (from 21 May 1962) Priebe Ravens Regling Rehs Reichhardt (from 5 October 1964) Reischl Reitz Reitzner (until 11 May 1962) Renger Riegel Rinderspacher Ritzel Roesch Rohde Ross (from 18 August 1964) Rudoll Sänger Saxowski Schäfer Schanzenbach Schellenberg Scheuren Schlüter (from 11 September 1964) Schmid Schmidt (until 19 January 1962) Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmitt-Vockenhausen Schoettle Schröder (until 6 September 1964) Schütz (until 9 January 1962) Schwabe Seibert Seidel Seifriz Seither Seppi Seuffert Seume Stammberger Steinhoff Stephan Striebeck Strobel Strohmayr Tamblé Theis Urban Wagner (until 19 December 1961) Wegener Wehner Welke Wellmann (from 1 January 1962) Welslau Weltner Wessel Wienand Wilhelm Winterstein (from 26 October 1964 until 2 November 1964) Wischnewski Wittrock (until 8 May 1963) Wolf (from 19 December 1963) Zimmermann Zinn (until 13 December 1961) Zühlke
FDP	v t e FDP Speaker: Erich Mende until 17 October 1963; Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm from 5 November 1963 Members: Achenbach Aschoff Atzenroth Bucher Burckardt Busse Dahlgrün Danz Dehler Deneke (from 26 July 1963) Diemer-Nicolaus Döring (until 17 January 1963) Dörinkel Dorn Dürr Effertz Eisenmann Emde Ertl Flitz Funcke Hamm Hammersen Hellige Heuser (from 6 December 1962) Hoven Imle Keller (until 21 July 1963) Kiep-Altenloh Kohut Kreitmeyer Krümmer (from 24 January 1963) Kubitza Kühlmann-Stumm Kühn (until 4 December 1962) Lenz Löbe Logemann Mälzig Margulies (until 27 August 1964) Mauk Mende Menne Mertes Miessner Mischnick Moersch (from 1 September 1964) Mühlen Murr Ollesch Opitz Peters Rademacher Ramms Reichmann Rieger Rutschke Sander Scheel Schmidt Schneider Schultz Soetebier Spitzmüller Starke Supf Wächter Walter Weber Zoglmann
OTHER	v t e Independent Members: Gontrum
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v t e Members of the 7th Bundestag (1972–1976)
President: Annemarie Renger (SPD)
SPD	v t e SPD Speaker: Herbert Wehner Members: Adams Ahlers Ahrens Amling Anbuhl Apel Arendt Arndt (until 29 January 1974) Arndt (from 20 May 1974) Augstein Baack Bahr Barche Bardens Batz Bäuerle Bayerl Becker Beermann (until 24 November 1975) Behrendt Berkhan (until 19 March 1975) Biermann Blank Böhme Börner (until 22 October 1976) Bothmer Brandt Brandt Bredl Brück Büchler Büchner Buchstaller Bühling Bülow Buschfort Bußmann Collet Conradi Coppik Corterier Däubler-Gmelin Dohnanyi Dübber Dürr Eckerland Egert Ehmke Ehrenberg Eilers Elchlepp (from 4 June 1976) Emmerlich Enders Engholm Eppler (until 3 June 1976) Esters Ewen Farthmann (until 5 June 1975) FellerMayer Fiebig Fischer Flämig Focke Franke Frehsee Friedrich Gansel Geiger Gerlach Gerstl Gertzen Geßner Glombig Glotz Gnädinger Grimming (from 18 June 1975) Grobecker Grunenberg Grützmann (from 2 February 1974) Haack Haar Haase Haase Haehser Haenschke Halfmeier Hansen Hauck Hauff Henke Herbers (from 12 May 1976) Hermsdorf (until 30 May 1974) Herold Heyen (until 5 June 1975) Hofmann Höhmann Holtz Horn Huber Huonker Immer Jahn Jaschke Jaunich Jens Junghans Junker Kaffka Kahn-Ackermann (until 18 September 1974) Kater Kern Koblitz Konrad Kratz Kreutzmann Krockert Kulawig Lambinus Lange Lattmann Lauritzen Lautenschlager Leber Lemp Lenders Lepsius Liedtke Löbbert Löffler Lohmar Lutz Mahne Männing (from 19 June 1975) Marquardt Marschall Martiny-Glotz Matthöfer Mattick Meermann Meinecke Meinike Metzger Möhring Möller Müller Müller Müller Müller Müller-Emmert Müntefering (from 10 June 1975) Nagel Neumann Nölling (until 20 May 1974) Oetting Offergeld Orth (until 10 May 1976) Ostman Pawelczyk Peiter Penner Pensky Peter (from 10 June 1974) Polkehn Porzner Rapp Rappe Ravens Rehlen (from 14 November 1974) Reiser Renger Reuschenbach Richter Rohde Röhlig (from 19 March 1975) Rosenthal Sander Saxowski Schachtschabel Schäfer Schäfer Scheffler Schellenberg Scheu Schimschok Schinzel Schirmer Schlaga Schlei Schluckebier Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmidt Schmitt-Vockenhausen Schmude Schöfberger Schonhofen Schreiber Schulte Schwabe Schwedler Schweitzer Schwencke Schwenk (from 3 June 1974) Seefeld Seibert Sieglerschmidt Simon Simpfendörfer Slotta (until 9 June 1974) Sperling Spillecke Staak (until 13 November 1974) Stahl Steinhauer (from 9 December 1974) Suck Sund Tietjen (from 12 September 1974) Timm Tönjes Urbaniak Vahlberg Vit Vogel Vogelsang Voigt (from 28 October 1976) Walkhoff Waltemathe Walther Weber Wehner Wende Wendt Wernitz Westphal Wichert (until 10 September 1974) Wiefel Wienand (until 3 December 1974) Wilhelm Wimmer (from 18 September 1974) Wischnewski With Wittmann Wolf Wolfram Wrede Wurche (until 3 June 1975) Würtz Wüster Wuttke Wuwer Zander Zebisch Zeitler
CDU/CSU	v t e CDU and CSU Speaker: Rainer Barzel until 9 May 1973; Karl Carstens from 17 May 1973 CDU: Abelein Alber Alten-Nordheim Amrehn Arnold Artzinger Baier Barzel Becker Benedix Benz Berger Berger Bewerunge Biechele Birrenbach Bismarck Blüm Blumenfeld Bockelberg Böhm Braun Breidbach Bremer Bremm Burgbacher Burger Carstens Carstens Czaja Damm Delden Dregger Dreyer Eigen Eilers Entrup Erhard Erhard Ernesti Evers Ey Eyrich Ferrang (until 31 May 1974) Fircks Franke Freiwald (until 26 October 1974) Frerichs (until 15 January 1975) Früh Geier (from 5 March 1976) Gerster Gewandt Gölter Götz Gradl Graß (from 13 April 1976) Gruhl Haase Häckel (from 28 September 1976) Häfele Hammans Härzschel (until 23 September 1976) Hassel Hauser Hauser Hauser Heck Hornhues Horstmeier Hupka Hürland Hussing (from 16 November 1973) Jäger Jahn Jahn Jenninger Josten Katzer Kiep (until 24 February 1976) Kiesinger Klein Klein Klepsch Kliesing Köhler Köhler Köster Krampe Kraske Kroll-Schlüter Kühlmann-Stumm Kunz Lagershausen Lampersbach Leicht Lenz Lenzer Link Löher Luda Martin (until 12 November 1973) Marx Maucher Mende Mertes Mick Mikat Miltner Milz Möller Müller Müller Müller-Hermann Mursch Narjes Neumeister Nordlohne Oldenstädt Orgaß Pack (from 1 June 1974) Pfeffermann Pfeifer Picard Pieroth Pieser Pohlmann Prassler (until 3 November 1975) Rawe Reddemann Riede Ritgen Ritz Rollmann Rommerskirchen Russe Sauer Sauter Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Schäuble Schetter (from 3 November 1975) Schmidt (from 17 January 1975) Schmitt Schmitz Schmöle Schröder Schröder Schröder Schroeder Schulte Schulz Schwörer Seiters Sick Solke Spies Springorum Sprung Stahlberg (from 1 November 1974) Stark Stavenhagen Stommel Straßmeir Susset Terra Thürk Tillmann Todenhöfer Tübler Unland Vehar Verhülsdonk Vogel Vogt Volmer Waffenschmidt Wagner (until 8 April 1976) Wallmann Walz Wawrzik Weber Weizsäcker Werner Wex Will-Feld Windelen Wissebach Wohlrabe Wolf Wörner Wrangel Wulff Zeitel Zeyer Zink CSU: Aigner Althammer Becher Biehle Dollinger Engelsberger Franz Fuchs Geisenhofer Gerlach Gierenstein Handlos Höcherl Hösl Jaeger Jobst Kempfler Kiechle Kreile Kunz Lemmrich Lücker Memmel Müller Niegel Probst Rainer Riedl Röhner Roser Schedl Schenk Schleicher Schmidhuber Schneider Schulze-Vorberg Spilker Spranger Starke Strauss Stücklen Wagner Waigel Warnke Wittmann Ziegler Zimmermann Zoglmann
FDP	v t e FDP Speaker: Wolfgang Mischnick Members: Achenbach Augstein (until 24 January 1973) Bangemann Baum Böger (from 25 January 1973) Christ Engelhard Ertl Flach (until 25 August 1973) Funcke Gallus Geldner Genscher Graaff (until 9 December 1975) Groß (until 5 July 1974) Grüner Hirsch (until 5 June 1975) Hoffie Hölscher Hoppe Jung Kirst Kleinert Krall Kreibaum (from 15 December 1975) Laermann (from 28 June 1974) Lambsdorff Logemann Lüdemann (from 4 September 1973) Mayhofer Mertes Mischnick Moersch Möllemann Ollesch Opitz Peters (from 13 June 1975) Ronneburger (until 12 June 1975) Scheel (until 27 June 1974) Schleifenbaum (from 5 June 1975) Schmidt Schoeler Schuchardt Spitzmüller Vohrer Wendig Wolfgramm (from 5 July 1974) Wurbs Zywietz
OTHER	v t e Independent Members: Emeis (from 8 December 1975) Stienen
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