Peter Schulz | |
Office: | First Mayor of Hamburg |
President: | Gustav Heinemann Walter Scheel |
Chancellor: | Willy Brandt Helmut Schmidt |
Term Start: | 16 June 1971 |
Term End: | 12 November 1974 |
Predecessor: | Herbert Weichmann |
Successor: | Hans-Ulrich Klose |
Birth Date: | 25 April 1930 |
Birth Place: | Rostock |
Death Place: | Hamburg |
Nationality: | German |
Party: | Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
Peter Schulz (25 April 1930 – 17 May 2013) was a German politician, member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and First Mayor of Hamburg (1971 - 1974).
Schulz was born in Rostock. He studied law at the University of Hamburg and after his graduation in 1958 Schulz founded his own office.
In 1961 he was elected in the Hamburg Parliament and served as Senator of Justice from 1966. In 1970 he became Senator for Schools and Youth and Second Mayor. On 16 June 1971 he was elected as First Mayor of Hamburg but resigned after the 1974 election, on 12 November 1974.
1978 - 1982 and 1983 - 1986 Schulz was President of Hamburg Parliament.