Maurice Schnebelen

Maurice Schnebelen (born June 17, 1910 in Diedenhofen , † March 26, 1976 in Sierck-les-Bains ) was a French politician. From 1962 to 1976 he was a member of the National Assembly .

Early life

Schnebelen was born shortly before the outbreak of the First World War in the Lorraine town of Thionville, when it was still part of the German Empire . He was raised Catholic in two boarding schools in the Vosges and Belgium before studying pharmacy in Nancy . He completed his studies in Lille , where he did his doctorate. With the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 he was drafted and worked in the medical service of the French army. From 1945 he worked as a pharmacist in Sierck-les-Bains in the border triangle with Luxembourg and Germany.

Political career

In Sierck-les-Bains he became a member of the municipal council in 1947 and a few years later he was promoted to deputy mayor. After Robert Schuman decided to withdraw from the National Assembly, Schnebelen applied for his successor in the 1962 parliamentary elections in the fourth constituency of the Moselle department . He was able to enter parliament for the Républicains indépendants party. There he mainly dealt with cultural, social and health policy issues. After his re-election in 1967 Schnebelen had to assert his mandate again due to the upcoming election in 1968. He was also re-elected in the 1973 general election. Schnebelen died of a heart attack in the spring of 1976 and was succeeded as a member of parliament by his deputy Henri Feretti .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Base de données historique des anciens députés , assemblee-nationale.fr