Louis Arend

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Louis Arend (born October 6, 1882 in Saarbrücken , † April 10, 1952 ) was a Saarland master plumber, trade functionary and politician of the CVP .

In January 1914, after completing the associated apprenticeship, Arend took over his parents' plumbing and installation business in Saarbrücken, which he expanded and rebuilt over the years. Eventually it was renamed Louis Arend GmbH , this company still exists today. In 1923 the pumice concrete industry GmbH in Merzig was acquired . After the end of the Second World War , Arend was classified as unpolluted.

In July 1945 Arend was elected the first president of the Saar Chamber of Crafts, which was then newly established , and he held this office until 1950. On November 15, 1945 he chaired the constituent meeting of the advisory board of the Chamber of Crafts. At this time he joined the CVP, for which he sat on the Saarbrücken city council. At the same time, he was a partner in Klein-Schanzlin Pumpen AG (today KSB SE & Co. KGaA ) based in Homburg , where he was chairman of the supervisory board, as well as at Schwinn AG (today Schmiedag ) and Feintechnik AG (today Robert Bosch GmbH ), both also based in Homburg. In addition, Arend belonged to other supervisory boards, especially in the area of ​​Saarland banks and insurance companies.

In 1947 Arend was appointed to the Saarland Constitutional Commission, after the state elections on October 5, 1947 , he was first a member of the Legislative Assembly and then the first state parliament of Saarland until his death.

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