Rudolf Dreßler
Dreßler, 2018
German Ambassador to Israel
In office
1 September 2000 – 31 August 2005
Preceded byTheodor Wallau
Succeeded byHarald Kindermann
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
In office
28 April 1982 – 1 October 1982
ChancellorHelmut Schmidt
MinisterHeinz Westphal
Preceded byHermann Buschfort
Succeeded byWolfgang Vogt
Member of the Bundestag
for Wuppertal I
In office
4 November 1980 – 31 August 2000
Preceded byAdolf Scheu
Succeeded byUlrich Kelber
Personal details
Born(1940-11-17)17 November 1940
Wuppertal, Gau Düsseldorf, Nazi Germany (now Germany)
Political partySocial Democratic Party (1969–)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • typesetter
  • Journalist
Rudolf Dreßler at AfA-Bundeskongress 2008 in Kassel

Rudolf Dreßler (born 17 November 1940 in Wuppertal) is a German politician and diplomat.

Life

In his childhood he lived in Sprockhövel and went to school in Wuppertal. He learned at a printer company and worked then for different newspapers. Since 1969 Dreßler is a member of political party Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). From 1969 to 1981 he was member of work council at German newspaper Westdeutsche Zeitung (WAZ). From 1874 to 1983 he was member of Printing and Paper Union. From 1980 to 2000 Dreßler was a member of German Bundestag. In 1982, Dreßler became Parliamentary State Secretary at Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. On November 11, 1997 he had a car accident near Bonn.[1] From 2000 to 2005 Dreßler was German ambassador in Israel.[2] He married three times and has two children.[3]

Awards

  • 1988:Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

References

  1. ↑ »Schröder war schon immer respektabel«. in: Der Spiegel 14/1998, 30 March 1998
  2. ↑ RP-Online vom 18. August 2000 gemäß dpa: Nach Kritik an Äußerungen über Jerusalems Status – Kontroverse um Dreßler beendet eingesehen am 28. Mai 2009
  3. ↑ "Rudolf Dreßler". Der Spiegel. 1999-10-10. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
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