Luise Herklotz ⇐ Artikelentwürfe

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'''Luise Herklotz''' (* August 20 1918 in Speyer; † July 25 2009 benda''Die Rheinpfalz|Rheinpfalz am Sonntag'', 26. Juli 2009) was a German politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD.

== Life and profession ==

After attending the Mädchengymnasium|Lyzeum, Herklotz, who was of Protestant faith, completed a journalistic apprenticeship at the ''Speyerer Zeitung'' from 1935. She then worked first as an editorial secretary and finally as an editor. From 1947, she worked for ''Die Freiheit'' in Neustadt an der Weinstraße. In 1948, she took part in the founding of the ''Journalistenverband Pfalz''.

From 1978 to 1992, Herklotz was chairwoman of Arbeiterwohlfahrt in Speyer, of which she had been a member since 1946. In July 1984, an investigation was opened against Herklotz on suspicion of fraud and embezzlement |title=Chance im März: Steuerbetrug mit Parteispenden wurde vom Europa-Parlament zur politischen Straftat aufgewertet
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, investigating whether the Association for Civic Education she led had used forged signature lists for "ghost seminars" that were not held to raise 40.000 to 50,000 Deutsche Mark|DM in state subsidies with the help of forged signature lists for "ghost seminars" that were not held, and whether these funds were passed on to the SPD and Workers' Welfare. |title=Register Berufliches
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== Party ==

Herklotz joined the SPD in 1946 and soon became chairwoman of the SPD women's organization in the Palatinate (region)|Palatinate. She later became a member of the district executive of the SPD in the Palatinate and the Rhineland-Palatinate state committee as well as the central women's committee of the federal SPD. From 1958 to 1962, she was a member of the party executive. In 1970, she was elected to the party's control commission. From 1974 to 1978, she was local chairwoman of the SPD in her hometown of Speyer.

== Member of Parliament ==

Luise Herklotz was a MdL|Landtagsabgeordnete in Rhineland-Palatinate from 1949 to October 5, 1957. In 1954, the state parliament elected her as a member of the second Federal Assembly (Germany)|Federal Assembly, which re-elected Theodor Heuss as Federal President (Germany)|Federal President. She was a member of the German Bundestag|German Bundestag from September 24, 1956, when she replaced Hermann Trittelvitz, until 1972. From 1966 to 1973, she was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

She was later a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1984.

== Honors ==

On September 6, 2003, the city of Speyer awarded her the honorary citizen right.

* [https://www.speyer.de/en/rathaus/ehrenb ... -herklotz/ Zur Ehrenbürgerwürde in Speyer]
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