Max Christiansen (politician)
Max Christiansen (born April 17, 1907 , † March 10, 1980 in Berlin ) was a German politician ( CDU ). From 1960 to 1966 he was chairman of the Neubrandenburg district association of the GDR CDU.
Life
Christiansen, the son of an architect , began an apprenticeship as a carpenter after attending primary school , but did not finish it. He worked for some time as a farm laborer and served in the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht from 1927 to 1937 . From 1937 to 1945 he worked as a payroll clerk, buyer and business administrator.
After 1945 Christiansen worked in the city administration of Boizenburg . In 1946 he became a member of the CDU and was from 1946 to 1948 city councilor and member of the council of Boizenburg. From 1952 to 1957 he headed the Agriculture Department at the Boizenburg City Council. From 1957 to 1960 he worked as deputy chairman of the council of the Hagenow district . In May 1960 Christiansen was elected as the successor to Emma Heinrich as the first chairman of the Neubrandenburg district association of the CDU. In October 1966 he was replaced by Dietrich Lehmann on this post. He later worked as a deputy head of department in the secretariat of the CDU main board. Christiansen was also a member of the Neubrandenburg district assembly, from 1964 to 1968 successor to the main board of the CDU, member of the district management of the German Cultural Association and the Berlin district committee of the National Front .
Awards
- Badge of Honor of the National Front
- Medal of Merit of the GDR
- Medal for excellent performance
- Otto Nuschke Badge of Honor in bronze and silver (1965)
- Ernst Moritz Arndt Medal (1966)
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze (1977)
Fonts
- Incentive services from our cooperative farmers . In: 15 years of the GDR. 15 years of cooperation with the Christian Democratic Union . Party leadership of the Christian Democratic Union, Berlin 1964, p. 36ff.
literature
- Federal Ministry for All-German Issues (Ed.): SBZ biography . Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, Berlin 1964, p. 56.
- Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 1: Abendroth - Lyr. KG Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-11176-2 , p. 101.
- Andreas Herbst , Winfried Ranke, Jürgen Winkler (eds.): This is how the GDR worked. Volume 3: Lexicon of functionaries (= rororo manual. Vol. 6350). Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-499-16350-0 , p. 53.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in the Neue Zeit of March 14, 1980 (with place of death) and obituary notice in the Neue Zeit of March 15, 1980 (with date of death).
- ↑ New Times of May 14, 1960.
- ^ New Times of October 29, 1966.
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Emma Heinrich (1952–1960) | Max Christiansen (1960–1966) | Dieter Lehmann (1966–1981) | Bernd Hillmann (1981–1987) | Wolfgang Mäder (1988–1989) | Winfried Vonholt (1990)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Christiansen, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU of the GDR) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1907 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1980 |
| Place of death | Berlin |