Background
ANDRES, Gerd was born on April 8, 1951 in Wirges/Westerwald, West Germany.
ANDRES, Gerd was born on April 8, 1951 in Wirges/Westerwald, West Germany.
Elementary school; apprenticeship as mechanic, qualifying examination. Evening school, secondary school technical examination.
Youth representative and other trade union activities, 1968-1972. Alternative national service, Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO, Labour Welfare Organisation). Secretary, governing board of Industriegewerkschaft Chemie-Papier-Keramik (IGCPK, Trade Union for the Chemical, Paper and Ceramic Industries), since 1974.
Deputy federal chairman, Jungsozialisten (Young Socialists), 1976-1977. Head of Education Department, IGCPK, 1981 -87. Member of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany) sub-district Committee of the city of Hannover, since 1983.
Chairman of Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Arbeitnehmerfragen (AfA, Working Group for Employee Questions), Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany) of the city and county of Hannover, since 1983. Member of Bundestag, Hannover city I, since 1987. Member of federal Executive Committee, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic Party of Germany), since 1988.
Member of supervisory board, Renolith Werke GmbH., Worms. Member of governing board, residential adult education college Jágerei Hustedt, Celle. Member of governing board, Stadtsparkasse (savings bank) Hannover.
Member of Die Falken (The Falcons, socialist youth organisation).
Clubs: AWO; Naturfreunde (Friends of Nature).