Johann Peter Josten

Johann Peter Josten (born July 15, 1915 in Oberwesel ; † October 23, 2011 there ) was a German CDU politician .

Life and work

Josten, who was a Roman Catholic , left high school at the age of 14 and completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter, which he completed in 1932 with the journeyman's examination. In the same year he joined the Kolping Family . After a few years as a journeyman, he attended evening classes at the municipal trade school. In 1941 he passed the master craftsman examination and a year later the master craftsman and carpenter examination. After he was seriously wounded in the Soviet Union in World War II , the Wehrmacht gave him study leave to attend the carpenter's college in Detmold .

He was married and the father of six children.

Political party

Josten had been a member of the CDU since 1946. He was a co-founder of the Junge Union and the CDU in his home town of Oberwesel and was also a member of their board of directors. From 1951 to 1958 he was state chairman of the Junge Union in Rhineland-Palatinate . Until his death he was honorary chairman of the Mittelstands- und Wirtschaftsvereinigung (MIT) of the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate.

MP

Josten was from 1946 to 1958 a member of the district council in the district of Sankt Goar and there also chairman of the CDU parliamentary group. From 1947 to 1953 he was a member of the state parliament in Rhineland-Palatinate. He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1953 to 1980 and from 1956 was also a member of the Defense Committee of the German Bundestag . He represented the constituency of Ahrweiler in parliament.

Public offices

From 1980 to 1989 Josten was mayor of Oberwesel.

Honors

1968: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
1973: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1981: Great Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany
Honorary citizen of Oberwesel

Web links

Entry on Johann Peter Josten in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database

Individual evidence

↑ On the death of Johann-Peter Josten. News No. 215/2011. (No longer available online.) In: cdu-fraktion-rlp.de. October 25, 2011, archived from the original on July 29, 2012 ; accessed on December 22, 2019 .
↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 25, No. 159, August 25, 1973.
↑ Oberweselers mourn Johann Peter Josten. In: Rhein-Hunsrück-Zeitung . October 27, 2011, accessed on December 22, 2019 (beginning of article freely available).

personal data
SURNAME	Josten, Johann Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH	July 15, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oberwesel
DATE OF DEATH	October 23, 2011
Place of death	Oberwesel

[1] On the death of Johann-Peter Josten. News No. 215/2011. (No longer available online.) In: cdu-fraktion-rlp.de. October 25, 2011, archived from the original on July 29, 2012 ; accessed on December 22, 2019 .

[2] Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 25, No. 159, August 25, 1973.

[3] Oberweselers mourn Johann Peter Josten. In: Rhein-Hunsrück-Zeitung . October 27, 2011, accessed on December 22, 2019 (beginning of article freely available).