Heinz-Werner Arens

Heinz-Werner Arens was a German politician ( SPD ) and from 1996 to 2005 President of the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein.

Arens had been a special school teacher since 1963 and headed the special school in Heide from 1967 to 1979.

Arens was a member of the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein from 1979 to 2005 . From 1988 to 1996 he was Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group . He headed the committee of inquiry into the so-called drawer affair . From April 23, 1996 to 2005 he was President of the State Parliament. In the 2005 state election, he no longer ran for state parliament.

Arens was the state representative of the victim protection organization Weißer Ring for Schleswig-Holstein and had been chairman of the Klaus Groth Society since 2007.

Arens died on February 2, 2011 in Rendsburg.