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Deutsche Polizeigewerkschaft

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Members
  
94,000

Deutsche Polizeigewerkschaft

Full name
  
German Police Trade Union

Native name
  
Deutsche Polizeigewerkschaft

Founded
  
18 August 1951 (1951-08-18)

Affiliation
  
German Civil Service Federation

Key people
  
Rainer Wendt, president

The German Police Trade Union (German: Deutsche Polizeigewerkschaft, DPolG) is a trade union in Germany. Representing 94,000 police employees, it is the second largest union for police employees in Germany, following the Gewerkschaft der Polizei (GdP). It is affiliated with the German Civil Service Federation (Deutscher Beamtenbund, DBB).

Since 2007, the union has been headed by Rainer Wendt, 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: Rainer Wendt

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