Franz-Josef Mertens
Franz-Josef Mertens (born March 3, 1934 in Bottrop ; † July 17, 2017 there ) was a German politician ( SPD ).
Mertens initially worked as a lawyer , passed the first state examination in 1959 and the second in 1965. He received his doctorate in 1964 from the University of Cologne with the dissertation The Admissibility of Forced Labor and Forced Labor according to the Basic Law and the European Convention for Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and became deputy chairman of the association in 1966 and then a year later deputy board member of Sparkasse Bottrop . He held this office and that of department head until 1980.
In 1966 Mertens joined the SPD, one year later the ÖTV . At the SPD he was a member of the Bottrop sub-district executive committee. From 1974 to 2004 Mertens was a member of the city council of Bottrop. From 1980 to 1994 he also sat in the German Bundestag . As a directly elected member of the constituency Bottrop - Recklinghausen IV , he represented the cities of Bottrop and Gladbeck .
literature
- 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. 558.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mertens, Franz-Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bottrop |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th July 2017 |
| Place of death | Bottrop |