Curt Hoffmann (politician)

Curt Hoffmann (born November 16, 1897 in Greifenhagen / Oder ; † November 29, 1961 in Lübeck ) was a German political scientist and politician of the FDP .

Life and work

After graduating from high school, Hoffmann studied economics and law at the University of Greifswald . From 1922 to 1945 he was in-house counsel and managing director of the IHK Stettin . From 1932 he was also managing director of the freight forwarders association. After the Second World War , he settled in Lübeck in 1945 as a displaced person. In 1946 he found a job as a commercial clerk. In 1949 he became managing director of the Association of Salted Herring Importers in Germany.

He was one of the founders of the Pomeranian Landsmannschaft and was elected chairman of the working group of home district supervisors within the Landsmannschaft on July 30, 1949 (until January 11, 1950).

MP

Curt Hoffmann, who in 1949 joined the FDP, was from 1950 bis 1954 Member of the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein , where he represented the constituency Lübeck Center, and since February 24, 1952 chairman of the FDP . He was also a member of the first German Bundestag from June 15, 1951, when he replaced Fritz Oellers , until the end of the electoral term. He was a member of the 1954 Federal Assembly , which re-elected Theodor Heuss as Federal President.

Publications

• The historical development of the Szczecin grain trade up to the outbreak of the World War, with special consideration of the customs and rail tariff policy of the German Empire . Adler, Greifswald 1922, OCLC 70871517 (doctoral thesis University of Greifswald).
• Greifenhagen district in the picture. (=  Unforgotten home ). Hamburg 1959, OCLC 36751300 .

literature

• Gerrit Koch : Dr. Curt Hoffmann, A Rightly Forgotten Liberal ?, attempt to portray his work. Self-published, Lübeck, May 1994.
• Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 355 ( books.google.de ).

Web links

• Curt Hoffmann (politician) in the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament information system
• Hoffmann (Lübeck), Curt, Dr. In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Haack to Huys] (=  KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , pp. 514 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 507 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).