# Paul Nevermann

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{{Short description|German politician (1902–1979)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Paul Nevermann
| image               = Paul Nevermann - Ausschnitt aus Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F009507-0007, Hamburg, Besuch Staatspräsident von Pakistan.jpg
| image_upright       =
| caption             = Nevermann in 1961
| order               =
| office              = [First Mayor of Hamburg](/source/Government_of_Hamburg)
| president           = [Heinrich Lübke](/source/Heinrich_L%C3%BCbke)
| chancellor          = [Konrad Adenauer](/source/Konrad_Adenauer)<br>[Ludwig Erhard](/source/Ludwig_Erhard)
| term_start          = 1 January 1961
| term_end            = 9 June 1965
| predecessor         = [Max Brauer](/source/Max_Brauer)
| successor           = [Herbert Weichmann](/source/Herbert_Weichmann)
| birth_date          = 5 February 1902
| birth_place         = [Klein Flottbek](/source/Klein_Flottbek), Germany
| death_date          = {{D-da|22 March 1979|5 February 1902}}
| death_place         = [Puerto de la Cruz](/source/Puerto_de_la_Cruz), [Tenerife](/source/Tenerife), Spain
| party               = Social Democratic Party (SPD)
}}

'''Paul Nevermann''' (5 February 1902 – 22 March 1979) was a German politician, member of the [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany) (SPD) and [First Mayor](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Hamburg) of [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg) (1961&ndash;1965).

==Early life and education==
Nevermann was born in [Klein Flottbek](/source/Klein_Flottbek) (a then independent village in the [Pinneberg](/source/Pinneberg) district now a neighborhood in Hamburg's quarter [Nienstedten](/source/Nienstedten)). He studied law and after his graduation Nevermann worked for the Hamburg labor office, but was fired 1933 as a member of the SPD by the [Nazi](/source/Nazism) government.

==Political life==
He joined the SPD in 1920. In the aftermath of the [20 July plot](/source/20_July_plot) of 1944 he was arrested. After [World War II](/source/World_War_II) he became [Senator of Hamburg](/source/Government_of_Hamburg). From 1950 to 1953, Nevermann was Second Mayor of Hamburg and as a successor of [Max Brauer](/source/Max_Brauer) he was elected as First Mayor on 1 January 1961. During his term in office the [North Sea flood of 1962](/source/North_Sea_flood_of_1962) and the state visits of [Charles de Gaulle](/source/Charles_de_Gaulle) (1963) and [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom) (1965) were major events in Hamburg. During the visit of Elizabeth II the breakup with his wife became public and after a media campaign by the newspapers of [Axel Springer Verlag](/source/Axel_Springer_Verlag) Nevermann resigned in 1965.<ref name=hhlex>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Koplitzsch |first=Franklin |title=Nevermann, Paul |encyclopedia=Hamburg Lexikon |pages=347&ndash;348 |publisher=Ellert&Richter |date=2005 |edition=3 |isbn=3-8319-0179-1 |language=de}}</ref>

Nevermann died in [Puerto de la Cruz](/source/Puerto_de_la_Cruz), [Tenerife](/source/Tenerife), Spain.

==References==
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==External links==
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