Bernhard Suttner (politician, 1907)
Bernhard Suttner (born August 19, 1907 in Vilseck ; † August 7, 1983 in Regensburg ) was a Bavarian politician ( BVP and CSU ) and from 1972 to 1979 a member of the Bavarian Senate .
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Suttner, who was born in Vilseck, moved to Regensburg in the 1920s . He worked as a master tailor and together with his wife Babette geb. Schmer started a bespoke tailoring in Regensburg Since his youth he has been involved in the Kolping Society , whose ideas have significantly influenced him.
Together with the later Bavarian Prime Minister Alfons Goppel , Suttner became a member of the city council of Regensburg for the BVP in the early 1930s. After the seizure of power of the NSDAP , he was removed from it. After the Second World War he was a founding member of the CSU and again a member of the Regensburg city council and parliamentary group chairman.
In addition, he was first Vice President and then President of the Upper Palatinate Chamber of Crafts . During this time, it merged with its counterpart in Lower Bavaria. In this function, Suttner was particularly committed to establishing inter-company training centers for the skilled trades for trainees as well as for master craftsmen. The first vocational training centers at different locations - for example, Weiden in the Upper Palatinate - were built on his initiative.
From 1958 to 1966 and from 1969 to 1970 he was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament and from 1972 to 1979 a member of the Bavarian Senate and during this time a representative of the Bavarian crafts. If he missed the re-entry into the state parliament after the state elections in 1966, he moved up for the rest of the legislative period in 1969 after the death of an Upper Palatinate CSU member.
His marriage resulted in a total of five children. His son of the same name, Bernhard, is also active in politics. Its party, the ÖDP , whose Bavarian state chairman he was from 1991 to 2011, initiated the referendum "Lean State without Senate" in 1998 , on the basis of which the Senate, of which Suttner was a member, was abolished at the turn of 1999/2000.
Honors
- 1972: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1977: Large Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1977: Silver Citizen Medal of the City of Regensburg
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Suttner, Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian politician (BVP and CSU), MdL, member of the Bavarian Senate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vilseck |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1983 |
| Place of death | regensburg |