Heinrich Meuffels

Heinrich Meuffels (born April 18, 1927 in Birgden , † February 14, 2015 in Geilenkirchen ) was a German politician and party official. From 1966 to 1990 he sat for the CDU as a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament .

Life

After attending elementary school and high school, he served in the war from the end of 1943 to 1945 and then in British captivity until autumn 1945. He graduated from high school in 1949. After a year of workshop work as a carpenter, he went to the University of Bonn to study Catholic theology, sports, geography and art . In 1954 he passed the state examination for teaching at secondary schools.

Since 1948 he was a member of the CDU. From 1956 to 1958 he was deputy district chairman of the CDU, and from 1965 to 1985 chairman of the CDU of the Heinsberg district. Since 1985 he was honorary chairman of the CDU district party.

Meuffels was married and the father of ten children.

Political offices

1956 to 1967 and from 1984 to 1994 member of the council of Geilenkirchen
from 1961 to 1975 member of the Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg district council
Member of the Aachen / Maas / Rhein regional council (since 1980 as deputy chairman of the board)
1966 to 1990 member of the state parliament of North Rhine / Westphalia
1970 to 1980 chairman for school of the CDU parliamentary group
until 1985 deputy chairman of the school and culture committee
1970 to 1990 member of the sports committee of the state parliament
1985 to 1990 member of the Presidium of the State Parliament
1966 to 1990 deputy member of the Agriculture Committee
1985 to 1990 Judicial Committee
1975 CDU coordinator for talks with representatives of the CDA of the Netherlands and the CVP of Belgium
from 1980 to 1990 European Commissioner of the CDE in the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
1960 to 1980 speaker in the rural and social seminar of the diocese of Aachen

Awards

1979 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
1984 Federal Cross of Merit, First Class
1990 European cross of the Conféderation Européen des Anciens Combattans section for European cooperation between those who took part in the war and the victims of the war
1992 Euregio rosette of the Euregio Meuse / Rhine
1999 Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Web links

Heinrich Meuffels at the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

^ Aachener Zeitung of April 23, 2007: Heinrich Meuffels celebrates his 80th birthday. Retrieved February 16, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Meuffels, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CDU), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	April 18, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Birgden , Heinsberg district
DATE OF DEATH	February 14, 2015
Place of death	Geilenkirchen , Heinsberg district

[1] Aachener Zeitung of April 23, 2007: Heinrich Meuffels celebrates his 80th birthday. Retrieved February 16, 2015 .