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]).
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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 |