Karl-Heinz Vogt (politician)

Karl-Heinz Vogt (born November 9, 1919 in Hindenburg ; † March 1, 1988 ) was a German administrative officer and politician ( CDU , later CSU ).

Life and work

During his youth, Vogt was a member of the Catholic Association of New Germany . After graduating from high school in Hindenburg in 1938 , he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and participated in the Second World War as an anti-aircraft gunner . From 1943 he worked as an extraordinary government inspector in Katowice .

After the end of the war, Vogt fled to the Soviet Zone as a displaced person, was initially employed there as a casual worker and worked as a judicial inspector in Döbeln in 1945/46 . For political reasons he moved to West Germany at the end of the 1940s , settled in Bavaria and was deputy head of the social welfare office in Obernburg am Main from 1949 . He was also President of the Study Society for State Public Relations and Vice President of the Swiss-German Society for Eastern Research.

Political party

Vogt had joined the CDU in Döbeln in 1945 and was a member of the party's local and district executive committee. After moving, he joined the CSU in 1948, became managing director of CSU Obernburg in the same year and was managing director of CSU Untermain since 1950 . In 1959 he was elected chairman of the CSU district association Aschaffenburg . He was also a member of the district committee of the Lower Franconian Christ Socials .

MP

Vogt was a member of the district council of the Döbeln district from 1946 to 1948 and a member of the council of the city of Aschaffenburg from 1956 to 1960. He was a member of the German Bundestag from 1957 to 1969. In parliament he represented the constituency of Aschaffenburg. From 1961 to 1965 he was chairman of the Bundestag committee for family and youth issues.

Honors

• Bavarian Order of Merit , 1968

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. 902.