The German Police Trade Union (german: Deutsche Polizeigewerkschaft, DPolG) is a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. 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; en, Trade Union of the Police) 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 ...

(GdP). It is affiliated with the

German Civil Service Federation The German Civil Service Association (dbb beamtenbund und tarifunion) is a national trade union center in Germany. It has a membership of 1,250,000, and is affiliated with the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions The European C ...

(', 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) and national populist. Since 2007 he is the Federal Chairman of the German Police Union (DPolG). The DPolG is one of the two German police unions. Left ...

, 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:

References

External links

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