Heinz Matthes (politician, 1897)

Heinz Matthes (born April 13, 1897 in Hanover ; † July 2, 1976 ) was a German politician ( DHP , DP , GDP ).

Life and work

After secondary school, Matthes trained as a baker and pastry chef . He was a soldier in the First World War . In 1920/21 he worked as a mining intern. From 1921 to 1933 he was the full-time manager of the German-Hanover Party . He was a member of the Hanoverian Jungland Federation and leader of the German Legion. After 1933 he was director and board member of the interest group of the "Norddeutsche Portland-Zementfabrik Misburg AG".

Political party

In the Weimar Republic , Matthes belonged to the German-Hanoverian party. After the Second World War he participated in the founding of the Lower Saxony state party, the later DP , of which Matthes was temporarily managing director. After the merger of the DP with the GB / BHE he was a member of the new All-German Party .

MP

Before 1933, Matthes was a member of the Hanover Provincial Parliament . In April 1932 he was appointed to the Audit Committee by its President. He was a member of the German Bundestag from its first election in 1949 to 1961. From March 23, 1953 until its dissolution on July 1, 1960, he was Parliamentary Director of the DP Group. Originally elected for the German party, after the merger with the GB / BHE on May 3, 1961, he became a member of the new GDP, which he represented in parliament with Herbert Schneider and Helmuth Schranz until the end of the electoral period. Matthes was always directly elected in the Fallingbostel - Hoya constituency, in 1953 and 1957 on the basis of an electoral agreement with the CDU , which should enable the DP to enter the Bundestag by winning direct seats.

In 1957, together with his fellow party member Helmuth Schranz and Richard Jaeger , Hans Schuberth , Richard Stücklen (all CSU ) and other members of the Bundestag from the CSU and DP, he introduced a bill to repeal Article 102 of the Basic Law with the aim of reintroducing the death penalty . However, this was unsuccessful.

literature

Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 541.

Individual evidence

↑ Matthes, Heinz . In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Maack bis Muuss] (= KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , pp. 797 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 375 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).

personal data
SURNAME	Matthes, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politicians (DHP, DP, GDP), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH	April 13, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hanover
DATE OF DEATH	2nd July 1976

[1] Matthes, Heinz . In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Maack bis Muuss] (= KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , pp. 797 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 375 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).