Josef Schmitt (politician, 1921)

Josef Schmitt (born December 28, 1921 in Lockweiler ; † March 19, 1996 in Wadern ) was a German politician ( CDU ).

Life

After attending elementary school and graduating from high school in 1941, Schmitt took part in the Second World War as a soldier , most recently with the rank of lieutenant. Later he was captain of the reserve in the Bundeswehr . Since 1947 he worked as a self-employed businessman.

Schmitt was accepted into the NSDAP on September 1, 1939 ( membership number 7,127,054). After 1945 he was a co-founder of the CDU district association Wadern .

Schmitt was elected to the Saarland state parliament in 1956 , where he was chairman of the CDU parliamentary group from 1957 to 1959 and served as the state parliament president from January 3, 1961 to December 31, 1965. He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1965 to 1976. In parliament he represented the constituency of Saarlouis .

Schmitt has been mayor of the Lockweiler community since 1956 . In 1975 he was awarded the Saarland Order of Merit.

literature

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. 764.

Web links

Josef Schmitt on saarland-biografien.de

Individual evidence

↑ Hans-Peter Klausch: List 1: Alphabetical list of members of the Saarland state parliament with proven NSDAP membership. (PDF; 2.15 MB) In: Brown traces in the Saar state parliament. The Nazi past of representatives from Saarland. The left. Parliamentary group in the Saarland State Parliament, Saarbrücken 2013, p. 19 , accessed on January 25, 2016 .
^ Announcement of awards of the Saarland Order of Merit . In: Head of the State Chancellery (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Saarland . No. 34 . Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH, Saarbrücken July 11, 1975, p. 870 ( uni-saarland.de [PDF; accessed on May 25, 2017]).

personal data
SURNAME	Schmitt, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH	December 28, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lockweiler
DATE OF DEATH	March 19, 1996
Place of death	Waders

[1] Hans-Peter Klausch: List 1: Alphabetical list of members of the Saarland state parliament with proven NSDAP membership. (PDF; 2.15 MB) In: Brown traces in the Saar state parliament. The Nazi past of representatives from Saarland. The left. Parliamentary group in the Saarland State Parliament, Saarbrücken 2013, p. 19 , accessed on January 25, 2016 .

[svo-2] Announcement of awards of the Saarland Order of Merit . In: Head of the State Chancellery (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Saarland . No. 34 . Saarbrücker Zeitung Verlag und Druckerei GmbH, Saarbrücken July 11, 1975, p. 870 ( uni-saarland.de [PDF; accessed on May 25, 2017]).