Ernst Rattenhuber

Ernst Rattenhuber (born August 4, 1887 in Munich ; † November 16, 1951 there ) was a German politician and founding member of the CSU .

Life

Ernst Rattenhuber completed his studies in Weihenstephan in 1910 as a qualified farmer. Then he took over the parental farm in Englschalking .

Since 1907 he was a member of the Corps Donaria zu Freising-Weihenstephan .

During the First World War , Rattenhuber was Ordonnanzoffizier of Prince Franz Maria Luitpold of Bavaria . After the war, these positions enabled him to take on the position of administrator of Leutstetten Castle . During World War II , Rattenhuber was a major agricultural advisor. Ernst Rattenhuber was involved in the planning of the Walküre company.

After the end of the war he was appointed by the US occupation forces as director of the Bavarian State Office for Food and Agriculture. From 1946 to 1947 he was also chairman of the supervisory board of Bayerische Warenvermittlung agricultural cooperatives AG .

From 1947 to 1949, Rattenhuber represented the employers' associations in the Bizone , the two-zone administration of the then economic area.

Political party

Before 1933, Ernst Rattenhuber was not a member of the Bavarian People's Party , but was very close to it. In 1945 he was a founding member of the CSU and the Bavarian Farmers' Association.

Public offices

• From May 28 to September 28, 1945 Ernst Rattenhuber held the office of Bavarian State Minister for Agriculture and Forests.
• From 1949 to 1951, until his death, he was the first head of the Bavarian representation in Bonn, which later became the State Ministry for Federal Affairs .