Franz Heller

Franz Heller (born October 10, 1900 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , † November 27, 1970 there ) was a German politician ( CDU ).

Life and work

Heller was born the son of a master painter. After attending school, he completed an apprenticeship as a painter, which he completed in 1917 with the journeyman's examination. He attended business school, took specialist courses and passed the exam as a master painter in 1924. He then worked in his father's painting business, initially becoming a co-owner and since 1933 sole owner of the business. After the National Socialists came to power, he was persecuted politically, arrested by the Gestapo in 1941 and then imprisoned for seventeen months.

After the Second World War , Heller devoted himself to rebuilding his painting business. From 1946 to 1963 he was state guild master and from 1951 to 1955 district master craftsman. From 1955 until his death he was President of the Palatinate Chamber of Crafts .

Political party

After 1945, Heller was one of the founders of the Christian Democratic Party (CDP), which later became the regional association of the CDU Rhineland-Palatinate .

MP

Heller was a member of the Ludwigshafen City Council from 1946 to 1956. In 1946/47 he was initially a member of the Advisory State Assembly and from 1947 to 1967 a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament . The state parliament elected him a member of the third federal assembly , which in 1959 elected Heinrich Lübke as federal president .

Individual evidence

↑ Heller, Franz . 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. 470 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 507 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).

personal data
SURNAME	Heller, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CDU), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	October 10, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ludwigshafen am Rhein
DATE OF DEATH	November 27, 1970
Place of death	Ludwigshafen am Rhein

[1] Heller, Franz . 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. 470 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 507 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).