Hans Reingruber

Hans Reingruber (1888–1964) was a German academic and the first minister of transport or traffic of East Germany.

Hans Reingruber
Minister of Transport
In office
11 October 1949 – 30 April 1953
Prime MinisterOtto Grotewohl
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byRoman Chwalek
Personal details
Born(1888-04-30)30 April 1888
Elberfeld, German Empire
Died14 January 1964(1964-01-14) (aged 75)
Dresden, East Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partyIndependent
Alma materTechnical University of Hanover

Early life and education

Reingruber was born in Elberfeld (today Wuppertal) on 30 April 1888.[1] In April 1908 he enrolled at Technical University of Hanover and graduated from the university in 1912 receiving a degree in civil engineering and technical sciences.[1] In 1924 he obtained a PhD.[1]

Career

Reingruber started his career at the Prussian Ministry for Public Works which was renamed as the Reich Ministry of Transport in 1919.[1] He served there until 1933.[2] Following the Nazi rule he refused to become a member of the Nazi Party and left the ministry.[2] He joined the Technical University of Dresden (TU Dresden) where he was a professor of railway and traffic engineering from 1934 to 1945.[2] He served as its Prorector between 1946 and 1948.[1] On 11 October 1949 Reingruber was appointed minister of traffic to the cabinet led by Minister President Otto Grotewohl.[3] Reingruber was one of the cabinet members who were not a member of the ruling Party Socialist Unity Party.[3][4] He also served as the dean of the faculty of civil engineering from 1950 to 1952.[1] His ministerial tenure ended on 30 April 1953, and he was succeeded by Roman Chwalek in the post.[5] Following the end of his ministerial tenure Reingruber returned to the TU Dresden and served as the department chair.[2]

Later years and death

On 1 September 1957 Reingruber retired from the university.[1] He died in Dresden on 14 January 1964.[2]

References
  1. Helmut Müller-Enbergs. "Hans Reingruber. Verkehrswissenschaftler und Politiker (1888–1964)" (in German). Berlin: Portal Rheinische Geschichte. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. "Reingruber, Hans" (in German). Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. "Chronology". Current History. 17 (100): 370–371. December 1949. JSTOR 45307674.
  4. Martin McCauley (1983). The German Democratic Republic since 1945. London; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-349-17243-6.
  5. "Chwalek, Roman" (in German). Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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