Franz Fendt

Franz Fendt (born October 24, 1892 in Munich ; † January 1, 1982 there ) was a German teacher and politician. After the end of World War II , he served in Wilhelm Hoegner's first cabinet as Bavarian State Minister for Education and Culture. From 1950 to 1954 he was rector of the University of Political Sciences in Munich.

education and profession

Fendt initially worked as a primary school teacher in his native Munich from 1914 to 1929 and then switched to a vocational school. From 1938 to 1945 he worked as the director of a school in Munich. At the same time, he began studying political science at the University of Munich in 1927 . In 1936 he received his doctorate with the socio-economic study The Unskilled Industrial Worker under Adolf Weber for Dr. oec. publ.

politics

Fendt began to be politically active as early as the Weimar Republic . In 1927 he joined the SPD , of which he was a member until it was banned in July 1933. He was also a member of the Reich Banner Black-Red-Gold . After the war he rejoined the SPD. In July 1945 he was appointed by the US control government as a government director and entrusted with the rebuilding of the school system in Upper Bavaria . Three months later, on October 22, 1945, the Bavarian Prime Minister Wilhelm Hoegner brought him into his cabinet as Minister of Culture. He was a member until the first free state elections in December 1946. In 1946 he was also a member of the Bavarian State Constituent Assembly.

Post-political activities

Then Fendt turned to academic work. He was initially appointed as honorary professor for social policy and cooperatives at the University of Erlangen . From July 1950 to 1954 he was Rector of the University of Political Sciences in Munich.

Web links

• Literature by and about Franz Fendt in the catalog of the German National Library