Friedrich Leibbrandt
Friedrich Leibbrandt (born July 16, 1894 in Karlsruhe , † January 15, 1960 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German chemist , manager and politician ( SPD ).
Life
He was a son of the civil servant Julius Leibbrandt and Lina Malmsheimer. After attending the secondary school in Karlsruhe , he studied natural sciences , especially chemistry , in Germany and France, which he completed with an exam as "Ingénieur chimiste". Then the doctorate to Dr. rer. nat. at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg , at whose chemical institute he was first assistant. Numerous publications followed in the field of alkaloid chemistry as well as on chemotherapeutic, plant and animal psychological studies. Many patents resulted from this work, which came to technical implementation in medicine.
Leibbrandt took part in the First World War as an officer , from which he returned seriously wounded.
After marrying Dr. Alice Italiener (1894–1980), the daughter of a Jewish merchant family from Berlin who was also a chemist, both founded Leibbrandt & Co., GmbH, Chemische Fabrik Freiburg i.Baden. In 1932 he became the company's managing director. After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, it became increasingly difficult to continue the company, but the numerous attempts to emigrate initially failed. Finally, in 1937 he went into exile in France, from which he did not return until after the end of the Second World War . In 1945 he became President of the Freiburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry .
Leibbrandt participated in the founding of the Socialist Party in Baden (SPB) in 1946, from which the Baden State Association of Social Democrats emerged in November 1948. He was chairman of the SPB in Freiburg and was elected to the party's state executive committee. In October 1946 he became a member of the Freiburg im Breisgau district assembly. From 1946 to 1947 he was a member of the Advisory State Assembly of the State of Baden and there deputy chairman of the SPB parliamentary group. Since the election on May 18, 1947 , he was also a member of the Baden State Parliament , the first freely elected parliament in the state of Baden after the Second World War. On September 4, 1951, he resigned from his mandate. His successor in parliament was Gustav Fimpel .
On January 1, 1946, Leibbrandt was entrusted by the French military government as ministerial director with the management of the (southern) Baden economic administration. From December 2, 1946, he served as State Secretary for Economics and Labor in the provisional government led by President Leo Wohleb (State Secretariat) and since August 6, 1947 as Minister of Economics and Labor under the same. In these functions he played a key role in the reconstruction of Baden, especially in the area of residential construction. In the course of the formation of a CDU sole government, he resigned from his office on February 4, 1948, and was succeeded by Eduard Lais as minister . Leibbrandt continued to work in the ministry, later he was head of the state trade office.
In 1952 Leibbrandt emigrated to Brazil, where he worked in the private sector.
See also
literature
- Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (ed.): MdL, The Members of the Landtag in Baden-Württemberg 1946–1978 , Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-12-911930-2 , p. 148
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leibbrandt, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist, manager and politician (SPD), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1960 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |