Wolfgang Gehrcke
1950 to 1959 elementary school. 1959 to 1961 administrative apprenticeship.
1961 to 1968 administrative employee at the Federal Labor Office, since 1968 various professional activities in publishing, as a journalist and in political functions.
Member of ver.di.
1961 joined the KPD, 1968 co-founder of the Socialist German Workers' Youth (SDAJ), 1968 to 1974 deputy chairman of the SDAJ, then federal chairman until 1979; co-initiator of social and democratic movements, including the Easter march movement, the more recent peace movement, the movement against emergency laws and the apprentice and student movement, commitment to German-German youth relations and to cooperation between youth associations from Eastern and Western Europe. 1968 founding member of the DKP, 1973 to 1989 member of the party executive, at times member of the presidium, 1981 to 1989 district chairman of the DKP Hamburg, one of the spokesmen of the renewal current. 1990 left the DKP and joined the PDS, 1991 to 1993 federal executive officer of the PDS, 1993 to 1998 deputy federal chairman, October 2002 re-elected to the PDS party executive, spokesman for foreign policy and international cooperation; founding member of the Party of the European Left. 2004 Elected to the Brandenburg state parliament and member of the European Affairs Committee.
Member of the Bundestag from 1998 to 2002 and since 2005; in the 14th legislative period, deputy parliamentary group chairman and foreign-policy spokesman.
1961 to 1968 administrative employee at the Federal Labor Office, since 1968 various professional activities in publishing, as a journalist and in political functions.
Member of ver.di.
1961 joined the KPD, 1968 co-founder of the Socialist German Workers' Youth (SDAJ), 1968 to 1974 deputy chairman of the SDAJ, then federal chairman until 1979; co-initiator of social and democratic movements, including the Easter march movement, the more recent peace movement, the movement against emergency laws and the apprentice and student movement, commitment to German-German youth relations and to cooperation between youth associations from Eastern and Western Europe. 1968 founding member of the DKP, 1973 to 1989 member of the party executive, at times member of the presidium, 1981 to 1989 district chairman of the DKP Hamburg, one of the spokesmen of the renewal current. 1990 left the DKP and joined the PDS, 1991 to 1993 federal executive officer of the PDS, 1993 to 1998 deputy federal chairman, October 2002 re-elected to the PDS party executive, spokesman for foreign policy and international cooperation; founding member of the Party of the European Left. 2004 Elected to the Brandenburg state parliament and member of the European Affairs Committee.
Member of the Bundestag from 1998 to 2002 and since 2005; in the 14th legislative period, deputy parliamentary group chairman and foreign-policy spokesman.