Hermann Müller (politician, 1913)
Hermann Müller (born June 18, 1913 in Jagstfeld , † December 28, 1991 in Schwäbisch Hall ) was a German politician ( FDP / DVP ) and finance minister of Baden-Württemberg .
education and profession
Hermann Müller was the son of an administrative officer in Württemberg . He grew up in Neckarsulm and acquired in 1931 in Heilbronn , the High School . He completed a commercial traineeship by 1933 and then studied law and political science in Tübingen and Freiburg until 1937 . As a student he joined the Tübingen and Freiburg Wingolf . In 1939 he completed his studies with a doctorate to become Dr. jur. from and worked as a court or government trainee, but was drafted into military service in the same year. In 1948 he returned from British captivity .
Political activity
From 1948 to 1949 he was administrative administrator or deputy district administrator in the district of Heilbronn , from 1949 to 1960 then district administrator in the district of Schwäbisch Hall . In 1956 Müller was elected to the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg for the FDP / DVP , of which he remained a member until 1972, from 1967 to 1972 as vice-president. To this day, Müller is unique within the FDP as he succeeded three times in winning the direct mandate in a conservative, rural constituency with majorities of 34.4% (1960), 41.1% (1964) and 36% (1968). From 1960 to 1966 he was Baden-Württemberg's finance minister, from 1970 to 1979 he held the office of a board member or (from 1973) board spokesman of the credit institute for reconstruction in Frankfurt am Main .
In the FDP he was deputy federal chairman from 1968 to 1972, from 1967 to 1971 state chairman and from 1968 to 1976 a member of the FDP federal executive committee . From 1973 to 1983 he was state treasurer, nine years district chairman in Schwäbisch Hall and since 1981 honorary chairman of the Baden-Württemberg state association.
Awards and honors
Hermann Müller was the recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit with a star (since 1969) and shoulder ribbon (since 1972), the constitutional medal of Baden-Württemberg in gold (since 1968), the medal of merit of the state of Baden-Württemberg (since 1978) and the Reinhold Maier medal the Reinhold Maier Foundation (since 1989).
Family and private
He was married to Sigrid Müller , with whom he had four children. He spent his retirement in Schwäbisch Hall, where he died in 1991.
literature
- Jürgen Frölich : Müller, Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 414 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Wolfram Angerbauer (Red.): The heads of the upper offices, district offices and district offices in Baden-Württemberg from 1810 to 1972 . Published by the working group of the district archives at the Baden-Württemberg district assembly. Theiss, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8062-1213-9 , pp. 417 .
- Jürgen Morlok : D'r Müller is seventy-two gwä . In: Jürgen Morlock (Ed.): Liberale Profiles. Freedom and responsibility . Seewald, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-512-00676-0 , pp. 19-26.
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SURNAME | Müller, Hermann |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (DVP, FDP), Member of the State Parliament, Minister of Finance in Baden-Württemberg |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1913 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Jagstfeld |
DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1991 |
Place of death | Schwäbisch Hall |