Max Fischer (politician, 1927)
Max Fischer (born May 6, 1927 in Altenmarkt near Cham ; † July 11, 2015 ) was a German politician of the CSU .
Fischer became particularly well known for his commitment to improving Bavaria's relations with Czechoslovakia during the Cold War .
Life
Max Fischer was born the son of a farmer and, after graduating from high school, first studied economics at the Philosophical-Theological University of Regensburg and then law and political science in Heidelberg and Munich , where he also passed both state law exams. He also graduated from the administration academy in Speyer. Fischer received his doctorate as Dr. jur. on the subject of the dual position of the Bavarian district administrator . He worked for the Bayerische Versicherungsbank in Munich for five years .
Fischer was a member of the Catholic student associations KDStV Rupertia Regensburg and KDStV Trifels Munich in the Cartell Association .
Political career
Fischer had been a CSU member since 1945.
In 1959, Fischer was elected district administrator in Cham and remained so until 1972. He also remained from 1959 to 1987 as district chairman of the CSU in Cham, where he was also city councilor and district councilor .
Fischer was personally committed to relaxation and contacts in the Bavarian- Czechoslovak border area, which earned him the nickname of Bavaria's secret foreign minister . From 1964 to 1978 he chaired the Grenzland Working Group .
From 1962 on, Fischer represented his constituency in Cham in the Bavarian state parliament , where in 1970 he took over the chairmanship of the committee for state budget and financial issues.
In May 1977, in the course of the cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Alfons Goppel, he became State Secretary in the Ministry for Regional Development and Environmental Issues.
In 1986 Fischer left the cabinet and resigned from the Bavarian state parliament in the same year.
Others
In 2009, Fischer caused a fatal traffic accident with his car.
family
Fischer was a Catholic and had been married to Hilde Fischer, née Müßig, since 1956. He had a son and a daughter.
Awards
In 1971 he was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit . In 1978 the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany followed, later the Great Cross of Merit with a star and shoulder ribbon.
Web links
- Max Fischer , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 43/1987 of October 12, 1987, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The "secret foreign minister" is dead. In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung . Mittelbayerischer Verlag KG, July 13, 2015, accessed on July 13, 2015 .
- ↑ Bavaria's secret foreign minister ( Memento from October 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The "Battle of the Barrow" . Time online. June 12, 1964. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ^ Cabinet of Dr. hc Alfons Goppel (1974–1978). (No longer available online.) In: Official website of the Bavarian state government. Archived from the original on January 22, 2014 ; Retrieved May 13, 2009 .
- ↑ Wolfgang Houschka: Ex-State Secretary drives accident vehicles . In: Oberpfälzischer Kurier. April 6, 2009, accessed May 13, 2009 .
- ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 30, No. 219, November 21, 1978.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischer, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CSU), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenmarkt |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 2015 |