Karl Hoffmann (politician, 1901)
Karl Hoffmann (born March 11, 1901 in Bremen ; † July 17, 1981 ) was a German economist , entrepreneur and politician ( FDP / DVP ).
Life and work
After graduating from high school in 1920, Hoffmann studied law and political science at the universities of Munich , Kiel and Göttingen . In 1924 he was promoted to Dr. rer. pole. PhD . He then worked at the Essen Chamber of Commerce and Industry , which was responsible for the Essen, Mülheim and Oberhausen districts, initially as an employee and from 1927 as a civil servant. In 1933 he was dismissed for political reasons. In the period that followed, he initially worked as a freelancer. Later he worked again in the economic administration and worked from 1939 to 1945 as head of the Reich Office for Glass, Ceramics and Wood Processing .
After the Second World War , Hoffmann became head of an industrial company in Schönau in the Black Forest . He was also a member of the advisory board of the Schopfheim Chamber of Commerce and Industry .
politics
In the early days of the Weimar Republic Hoffmann joined the German People's Party (DVP), after the death of long-time DVP chairman Gustav Stresemann , he switched to the newly founded German State Party (DStP), of which he headed the Essen district association until 1932.
After 1945 Hoffmann joined the Democratic People's Party (DVP), which later became the state association of the FDP Baden-Württemberg . In the first federal election in 1949 he was elected to the German Bundestag , to which he belonged until 1957. In both legislative periods he entered parliament via the state lists of Baden and Baden-Württemberg.
From 1962 until his death he was a member of the board of trustees of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation .
Web links
literature
- Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , pp. 356-357.
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| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist, entrepreneur and politician (FDP / DVP), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th July 1981 |