Johannes Semler (politician, 1898)
Johannes Ferdinand Semler (born December 16, 1898 in Hamburg , † January 31, 1973 in Munich ) was a German CSU politician . He was chairman of the supervisory board of BMW and also a member of the German Bundestag in the first legislative period .
family
Semler was a son of the Hamburg lawyer and politician Johannes Semler (1858-1914) and a grandson of Hamburg's mayor Johann Georg Mönckeberg . His son Johannes Semler jun. (1923–2018) was AEG's CFO from 1964 to 1973 . From the second marriage of Johannes Semler sen. with the actress Ursula Herking (née Klein), two more children were born: Susanne Hess (* 1937) and Christian Semler (1938–2013), who was a leading figure in the Socialist German Student Union in the German student movement of the 1960s .
education and profession
Semler took part in the First World War and began studying law after the end of the war in 1918. From 1924 he worked as a lawyer in Hamburg and in 1932 he became an auditor. From 1932 to 1946 he was on the board of Deutsche Warentreuhand AG . In 1947 Semler became director of the economic administration in the bizone administration . Under pressure from the occupying powers, he had to resign from this position in January 1948, as he had called the American grain aid deliveries "chicken feed" because of their poor quality. His successor was Ludwig Erhard . Semler was commissioned to renovate the Henschel works in 1957 . In 1960 Semler became chairman of the supervisory board at BMW and in 1961 an expert for the Bremen Senate in the Borgward affair .
politics
Semler was a founding member of the CSU in 1945. He headed his party's economic policy committee. In 1946 he was a member of the Bavarian State Constitutional Assembly and in 1947 a member of the Economic Council of the United Economic Area . He had been a member of the German Bundestag from May 14, 1950, when he was re-elected for the late MP Friedrich Schönauer ( SPD ), until the end of the first legislative period . He represented the Kulmbach constituency in parliament. From October 5, 1950 to May 23, 1951 he was chairman of the parliamentary committee of inquiry into the capital question (mirror committee) .
Semler was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the European Constitutional Committee.
Publications
- Economic situation and economic structure. In: Issues of Time - Series of the Christian Social Union , Issue 1, Munich, 1946.
- The German feature film production. Association of German Film Producers V., Munich-Geiselgasteig 1956.
- Proposals for the order of the German film industry. Der neue Film Verl., Wiesbaden-Biebrich 1954.
literature
- Thomas Schlemmer: Semler, Johannes Ferdinand. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 237 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 716.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Johannes Semler . The mirror. November 30, 1960. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ↑ Ah to Rio . The mirror. September 24, 1973. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ↑ The man with the chicken feed . The mirror. January 17, 1948. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ↑ No mail from Texas . The mirror. August 9, 1961. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
Web links
- Newspaper article about Johannes Semler in the press kit of the 20th century of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Semler, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Semler, Johannes Ferdinand (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CSU), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1973 |
| Place of death | Munich |