Joseph Brom
Joseph Brom (born October 10, 1881 in Blotzheim , † January 15, 1945 in Mulhouse ) was an Alsatian journalist and politician ( center ).
Life
Joseph Brom attended elementary school and high school in Strasbourg and studied political science at the University of Heidelberg . He received his doctorate in 1910 with the thesis "Accident insurance in the Alsace-Lorraine countryside and forestry"
He then worked as a journalist and was editor-in-chief of the Mülhauser Volksblatt .
In 1911 he was elected in the constituency of Hüningen - Sierenz for the center as the youngest member of the second chamber of the Landtag of the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine , to which he belonged until 1918.
After the French occupation of Alsace-Lorraine , he was elected to the municipal council of Mulhouse in 1919, where he became deputy mayor in 1923. In the same year he was elected for his party Union populaire républicaine (UPR), the representation of the Catholics of Alsace, in the Conseil général du Haut-Rhin , of which he was a member until the Second World War, most recently as Vice-President.
He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1924 to 1936, and of the Senate from 1936 to 1940 .
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| SURNAME | Brom, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Editor and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blotzheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1945 |
| Place of death | Mulhouse |