Josef Singer (politician)
Josef Singer (born October 10, 1888 in Türkheim , † January 26, 1980 in Munich ) was a German politician and President of the Bavarian Senate.
Singer was active in the Bavarian agricultural cooperative system from 1915. After 1945 he was General Director of the Bavarian Raiffeisen Central Banks. He headed the Bavarian goods brokerage (BayWa). Nominated by the CSU , he was president of the Bavarian Senate in 1947 and subsequently re-elected nine times, so that he held the office for 20 years until 1967.
He is buried in the Munich-Nymphenburg cemetery.
Honors
- 1953: Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1958: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1958: Large silver medal on ribbon for services to the Republic of Austria
- 1963: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Stephan Deutinger: Singer, Josef. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 460 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Josef Singer , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 14/1980 of March 24, 1980, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
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President of the Bavarian Senate
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Singer, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician and President of the Bavarian Senate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Türkheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 1980 |
| Place of death | Munich |