Otto Fink (politician, 1920)

Otto Fink (born February 4, 1920 in Fischbäckern , Krummau district , † March 29, 2000 ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

Life and work

Fink attended elementary school in Kirchschlag and then worked in agriculture until 1939. In the Second World War he initially took part as a soldier in the anti-aircraft cartillery. Most recently he was a non-commissioned officer in the paratrooper troops. In 1944 he became an American prisoner of war. After returning from captivity in the USA in 1946, Fink initially worked as a laborer in Freyung . Then worked in the Ruhr mining industry. In 1948 he returned to Freyung and worked there as a factory worker at the Hammermühle paper and cardboard factory. He later worked as a chief insurance inspector.

politics

Fink was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament for the SPD from 1954 to 1962 . From 1972 to 1978 he was mayor of Freyung .

Honors

• 1980: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany

Web links

• Fink, Otto . In: Martin Schumacher (Ed.): MdB - The People's Representation 1946–1972. - [Faber to Fyrnys] (=  KGParl online publications ). Commission for the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties e. V., Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7 , pp. 304 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2014070812574 ( kgparl.de [PDF; 253 kB ; accessed on June 19, 2017]).
• Otto Fink in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History