Josef Kiefer

Josef Kiefer (born April 7, 1905 in Munich ; † November 19, 1977 there ) was a German politician ( BVP , CSU ).

Career

After attending secondary school, Kiefer began an apprenticeship as a bookbinder , which he completed in 1929 with the master's examination. He then worked as a self-employed master bookbinder and owned a publishing bookbindery. He also founded a youth craft group, which he also chaired. From 1929 to 1933 he was a member of the board of the Munich-Upper Bavaria bookbinders' guild. In 1933 he was removed from office. After the war, Kiefer was appointed to the board of the Chamber of Crafts for Upper Bavaria and the Presidium of the Bavarian Crafts Day, as well as head master of the Munich-Upper Bavaria bookbinders' guild and state guild master. In 1959 he was appointed federal master of the German bookbinding trade.

Kiefer was a founding member of the CSU after having been a member of the BVP from 1928 to 1933. From 1948 to 1956 he was a member of the Broadcasting Council of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation and then a member of the Board of Directors . From 1958 to 1961 he was a member of the Munich City Council , and he was also a co-speaker in the municipal department. In the state elections in 1962 , Kiefer was elected to the Bavarian state parliament in the constituency of Upper Bavaria . In 1966 his mandate was confirmed, so that he was a member of the state parliament until 1970. In his first electoral term he was a member of the Committee on Economics and Transport, in his second term of office he was a member of the Committee on Cultural Policy Issues and the Intermediate Committee.

Kiefer was married and had three children.

Web links

• Josef Kiefer in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History