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Margot Kalinke
Margot Kalinke (23 April 1909 in Barcin, Poland – 25 November 1981 in Munich, West Germany) was a German politician of the German Party (1947), German Party and later the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Biography Margot Kalinke was Protestant by faith. She was expelled from Poland in 1925. From 1937 to 1952 she was managing director of a ''Angestelltenkrankenkasse'' ("Employee Health Insurance Company") in Hanover. In 1946 she became a founder of the ''Verband Weiblicher Angestellter'' (VWA, "Association of Women Employees") having been active in a predecessor organisation since 1933. From 1949 until her death, she was chair of the VWA. From 1953 to 1974, she was director of the Office of Private Health Insurance. She belonged briefly to the Executive Board of the ''Bundesversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte'' ("Federal Insuranceoffice for Employees") and in the 1950s, was a member of the Advisory Council for Reorganisation of Social S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundestag
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Bundestag was established by Title III of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (, ) in 1949 as one of the legislative bodies of Germany and thus it is the historical successor to the earlier Reichstag. The members of the Bundestag are representatives of the German people as a whole, are not bound by any orders or instructions and are only accountable to their electorate. The minimum legal number of members of the Bundestag (german: link=no, Mitglieder des Bundestages) is 598; however, due to the system of overhang and leveling seats the current 20th Bundestag has a total of 736 members, making it the largest Bundestag to date and the largest freely elected national parliamentary chamber in the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
