Hugo Hammans

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Hugo Hammans (born June 23, 1927 in Rheurdt ; † November 8, 2012 in Kempen ) was a German educator , development worker and politician ( CDU ). From 1965 to 1980 he was a member of the German Bundestag .

Life and work

Hammans, son of a farmer, had to interrupt his school career when he was deployed as an air force helper in 1943/44 . After the Reich Labor Service , he was drafted into the Wehrmacht . He took part in World War II as a soldier and was most recently taken prisoner of war by the United States, from which he was released in the summer of 1945. Then Hammans continued his school education. After graduating from the Adolfinium in Moers , Hammans studied sport and biology in Bonn and Innsbruck . He passed his state examination in 1953. A year later he did his doctorate in Innsbruck with the thesis The Development of the Skeleton from Bufo Vulgaris to Metamorphosis to Dr. rer. nat. In 1955 he entered the higher education service as a trainee lawyer. The Missio canonica for the Catholic religious instruction received Hammans 1957, in 1960 he became teacher . From 1957 to 1965 he taught at the grammar school at Moltkeplatz , then at the municipal Arndt grammar school in Krefeld .

From 1981 to 1990 he worked as a development worker in Malawi and Samoa . There he was mainly used to fight the rhinoceros beetle (in Samoa) and the great corn borer (in Malawi).

politics

Hammans was one of the founding members of the CDU in Tönisberg . From 1961 to 1969 he was a member of the local council. In 1962 he was elected to the district council of the Kempen-Krefeld district, to which he belonged until 1970. Since September 1964 he was chairman of the CDU parliamentary group there.

In the election to the 5th German Bundestag on September 19, 1965, Hugo Hammans ran as a direct candidate in the Kempen-Krefeld constituency . He was directly elected with 58.3 percent of the vote. He was directly re-elected to the Bundestag in the federal elections in 1969 (55.1 percent), 1972 (51.4 percent) and 1976 (53.9 percent). As chairman of the German-British parliamentary group, Hammans was particularly involved in the Bundestag for Great Britain's entry into the European Community . In the federal election on October 5, 1980 , Hammans did not run. He was succeeded by Julius Louven . As managing director of the association of former members of the German Bundestag and the European Parliament , Hammans remained connected to parliamentary operations from 1992 to 2000.

Honors

Hugo Hammans was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his life's work . Queen Elizabeth II appointed him Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) .

family

With his wife Helga, whom he married in 1953 and with whom he had two sons, Hammans lived in Tönisberg until the end. His grave is in the local cemetery.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag 1949-2002. Rudolf Vierhaus, accessed on September 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ A fighter like a lion. Westdeutsche Zeitung , accessed on September 1, 2017 .
  3. ^ Mourning for Dr. Hugo Hammans. (No longer available online.) CDU Stadtverband Kempen, archived from the original on September 1, 2017 ; accessed on September 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cdu-kempen.de
  4. ↑ A fighter like a lion. Westdeutsche Zeitung, accessed on September 1, 2017 .
  5. ^ Parliamentary associations. (No longer available online.) German Bundestag , archived from the original on September 1, 2017 ; accessed on September 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / data.pudo.org
  6. ↑ A fighter like a lion. Westdeutsche Zeitung, accessed on September 1, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Obituary notice. Rheinische Post , accessed on September 1, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Hammans, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator, development worker and member of the Bundestag (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheurdt
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 2012
Place of death Kempen