Gerhard Bletschacher

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Gerhard Bletschacher (born December 25, 1930 in Munich ) was head of the CSU parliamentary group in the Munich city council , owner of a cardboard box factory and chairman of the Stille Hilfe für Südtirol eV association

Life

Bletschacher was born in 1930 in Munich as the son of father Ludwig (1889–1944) and mother Carla Basso (1901–1979). After attending elementary school , he was at the Old Realgymnasium until 1944, then evacuated in Garmisch-Partenkirchen until shortly after the end of the war and returned to Munich from June 1945. There he graduated from the municipal business school, which he finished with the secondary school leaving certificate. After completing his apprenticeship in the Spaten brewery as a clerk, he joined the Eduard Müller cardboard box factory, which he took over after the death of his uncle Gustav Bamberger. In 1954 he married Jeannette Daigfuß with whom he has 4 children, Anschi (1955), Michael (1957), Thomas (1958) and Sissy (1969).

Political commitment

In January 1948, the then- CSU - Agriculture Minister Joseph Baumgartner at a rally in the Circus Krone from the party resigned and Bayern party changed, Gerhard Bletschacher was so excited that he became a member of BP with nearly 17 years. But as early as 1951 he left BP because his hopes of more independence for Bavaria were not fulfilled. Only because of the political turmoil of the 68s did he join the CSU, soon became local chairman in the Munich district of Hasenbergl and then district chairman in the north-west of Munich. Later member of the board of the district association and of the party executive committee. In 1972 he ran for the Munich city council and was a successor member of the city parliament from 1977-78. In 1984 he was re-elected, first becoming the parliamentary group's press spokesman and, in 1990, after a severe election defeat for the CSU parliamentary group chairman. In 1994, together with Peter Gauweiler , he again led the CSU to become the strongest force in Munich City Hall .

Cheese box affair

Bletschacher achieved nationwide fame as the owner of the Müller cardboard box. The company had taken over financially for over 20 years and was ailing. Bletschacher tried with embezzled funds amounting to 4.7 million DM from the Stille Hilfe für Südtirol eV association, of which he was chairman, to keep the cardboard factory. According to his own statements, he hoped to be able to repay the money to the club by selling the company, but the embezzlement was noticed beforehand. He was sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison for infidelity in 1998. As a result, Bletschacher tried to repay the misappropriated funds. From 1995 to 2015 he made his living as a taxi driver for almost 20 years.

Awards

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