Jochen van Aerssen

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Jochen van Aerssen (born April 15, 1941 in Kevelaer ; † January 9, 1992 in Düsseldorf ) was a German politician ( CDU ).

education and profession

After graduating from high school in 1960, van Aerssen studied law and economics at the universities of Bonn , Cologne and Freiburg im Breisgau . During his studies he joined the K.St.V. Arminia a. He took off in 1964, the first legal state exam and the state exam in 1966 with a degree in economics, before studying in 1970 with the second legal state examination and the graduation to the Dr. jur. finished. In 1971 he was admitted to the bar at the Düsseldorf Regional Court. He then worked as a freelancer in the department for regional structural policy, public relations and press at the Düsseldorf Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Furthermore, van Aerssen was chairman of the German-Dutch commission for education and university policy of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and a member of the Catholic labor movement.

Political party

Van Aerssen joined the CDU in 1964, had been a member of the CDU Kleve district executive since 1970 and became a member of the regional executive committee of the CDU Rhineland in 1973 as the representative for European issues .

MP

As the successor to the MP Wilhelm Wehren , van Aerssen was a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament from July 26, 1970 to December 13, 1976, where he was chairman of the regional planning committee from 1973 to 1975. From December 14, 1976 to March 29, 1983, he was a member of the German Bundestag for two terms . He was directly elected in the constituency of Kleve in 1976 and 1980 . In addition, he was a member of the European Parliament from January 19, 1977 to July 24, 1989 , where he was a member of various committees with a focus on foreign trade.

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