Bruno Menzel
Bruno Menzel (born February 25, 1932 in Dessau ; † September 14, 1996 there ) was a German politician ( FDP ).
Professional career
After 1950 passed High School Menzel took a medical degree at the University of Halle on which he in 1956 with the state examination and the graduation to the Dr. med. completed. By 1961 he trained as a specialist in internal medicine ; In addition, he trained as a sub-specialist in infection and tropical medicine. He then became chief physician of the 3rd medical clinic at the Dessau district hospital, and later he was chief physician there. The Society for Infection and Tropical Medicine elected him its deputy chairman; In the Dessau district of the German Red Cross of the GDR , he acted as chairman of the board.
politics
Menzel became politically active in the GDR during the fall of the Wall . In January 1990 he was one of the founding members of the GDR FDP , which he chaired the following month. However, the party did not succeed in gaining greater importance than the former liberal bloc party LDPD , which is why it was the first point of contact for the Western FDP. A little later, the GDR-FDP joined forces with the LDPD and the German Forum Party for the Volkskammer election on March 18 to form the Union of Free Democrats . Menzel was also elected to the People's Chamber, but gave back his mandate so that he could devote himself more to party work.
After merging with the West Liberals to form the all-German FDP, Bruno Menzel became their deputy chairman, which he remained until 1991. In the federal election in December 1990 he was elected to parliament via the state list of Saxony-Anhalt . There he acted as deputy chairman of the FDP parliamentary group . At the unification party conference in August 1990 he was elected deputy chairman of the FDP federal executive committee. He held this position until 1992. At the party congresses in 1993 and 1995 he was elected as a member of the federal executive committee. In 1994 he left the Bundestag. In the same year he became regional chairman of the FDP in Saxony-Anhalt; In 1995 he gave up this post. From 1990 to 1994 Menzel was also the representative of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and in the Assembly of the Western European Union .
Documents about his activities as a member of the German Bundestag and for the FDP from 1990 to 1994 are in the archive of liberalism of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Gummersbach .
literature
- Short biography for: Menzel, Bruno . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
Gerd Brunner (1990-1991) | Peter Kunert (1991-1994) | Bruno Menzel (1994-1995) | Cornelia Pieper (1995–2011) | Veit Wolpert (2011–2013) | Cornelia Pieper (2013–2015) | Frank Sitta (since 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Menzel, Bruno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dessau |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1996 |
| Place of death | Dessau |