Joseph Pfleger (politician, 1873)

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Joseph Pfleger (1929)

Joseph Pfleger (born September 30, 1873 in Rheinau (today Rhinau ), † March 27, 1957 in Turckheim ) was a German and French politician.

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Joseph Pfleger studied medicine in Strasbourg , Würzburg , Berlin and Paris and completed his studies as a doctor of medicine. From 1899 he was a general practitioner and cantonal doctor in Türkheim . There he was a member of the city council. From 1908 to 1911 he was a member of the regional committee for Alsace-Lorraine .

From 1911 to 1918 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Landtag of the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine for the center for the constituency Schlettstadt-Markolsheim .

After the occupation of the Reich, Pfleger stayed there. He was a member of the provisional government of Alsace in 1918 and was elected to the French Chamber of Deputies in 1919 in the Ribeauvillé constituency for the Union populaire républicaine . Also in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies of 1924 and 1928 Pfleger ran successfully for the Union populaire républicaine .

On August 4, 1919, he was elected chairman of the UPR. He held this office until June 11, 1922. Thomas Seltz became his successor .

In 1929 Pfleger left this party, which he felt was too autonomist, and founded the Alliance populaire nationale d'Alsace . For this he was elected to the Senate in the same year , where he held his mandate until 1936. From 1946 to 1948 he was a member of the Conseil de la République for the Mouvement républicain populaire .

In 1945 he was elected mayor of Turckheim.

Awards

Joseph Pfleger was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor and the Médaille d'or de l'Assistance publique .

literature

  • Wertheimer, From German parties and party leaders abroad , 2nd edition 1930.

Web links

Commons : Joseph Pfleger  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ^ The page of the French Senate states 1906 to 1911
  2. ^ Christian Baechler: Le parti catholique alsacien 1890-1939 du Reichsland à la république jacobine, p. 716
personal data
SURNAME Nurse, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German and French politicians
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Rhinau
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1957
Place of death Turckheim