Ludwig Leber

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Ludwig Leber (born April 6, 1903 in Großturwall , today Törökbálint , Hungary ; † January 17, 1974 in Stuttgart ) was a German politician of Hungarian origin ( CDU ).

Leber grew up in Hungary and maintained contacts with people from almost all Hungarian communities with a population of German descent until he was expelled to Germany at the end of the Second World War by the Potsdam Agreement . In 1946 he started working for Caritas and Refugee Aid for Württemberg in Stuttgart, and on July 1 of the same year he became its director. In 1949 he founded the country team of Germans from Hungary . On his initiative, the city of Gerlingen took over the sponsorship of the Landsmannschaft on October 19, 1969.

Liver was 1950 in the second and last Diet of Württemberg-Baden chosen which it until the dissolution of the country belonged. In the first state elections in the new state of Baden-Württemberg , he initially failed to make it. A few months after the constitution, however, the MP Emil Möhrlin died and Leber succeeded him. Leber was a member of the state parliament until 1968, and from 1956 he represented the constituency of Stuttgart IV with a second mandate. In his function as a member of the state parliament, Leber represented the interests of refugees and displaced persons, among other things . He was also a member of the broadcasting council of the Süddeutscher Rundfunk .

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In February 1967, Leber received the Great Cross of Merit as well as the Ring of Honor and honorary citizenship of the city of Mariazell . He was childless and was buried in Oeffingen .

literature

  • Josef Weik: The members of the state parliament in Baden-Württemberg 1946 to 2003. 7th edition. State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-923476-03-5 , p. 90

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SURNAME Leber, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Hungarian politician (CDU), MdL Baden-Württemberg
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Großturwall
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 1974
Place of death Stuttgart