Otto Krapp

Otto Krapp (born May 19, 1903 in Steinfeld , Oldenburg ; † October 9, 1996 ) was a German lawyer and politician ( center ).

Life and work

Krapp was born the son of a businessman. After graduating from high school Carolinum in Osnabrück in 1923, he studied law at the universities in Freiburg im Breisgau , Berlin and Göttingen . Since 1923 Krapp was a member of the student association KDStV Hercynia Freiburg im Breisgau . After the first state examination in law, he completed his legal clerkship. He graduated in 1931 with the second legal state examination, doctorate to Dr. jur. and then worked as a lawyer (since 1945 also as a notary) in Oldenburg and Vechta . From December 1933 to January 1934 he was a member of the SA. In 1941 he was drafted into the Navy and took part in World War II as a soldier . After the end of the war, he briefly acted as senior district director in Vechta. From 1953 to 1968 he was Attorney General at the Oldenburg Higher Regional Court .

Political party

Krapp was state chairman of the Center Party in Lower Saxony from 1949 to 1953 .

MP

Krapp was a member of the Appointed Lower Saxony State Parliament in 1946/47 . He was elected to the Lower Saxony state parliament in 1947 , to which he was a member until his resignation on December 8, 1953. Here he was from 1947 to 1950 chairman of the center parliamentary group.

Public offices

After the death of Georg Kassenbrock , Krapp was appointed Minister for Special Tasks in the government of Lower Saxony led by Prime Minister Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf on June 7, 1950 . He headed this office until the dissolution of the special ministry on October 12, 1950. After the CDU minister left the cabinet, on August 21, 1950, he also took over the management of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice . On December 1, 1953, he resigned from his position.

Honors

Large Federal Cross of Merit with Star , 1968

literature

Barbara Simon : Member of Parliament in Lower Saxony 1946–1994. Biographical manual. Edited by the President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament. Lower Saxony State Parliament, Hanover 1996, p. 214.

Individual evidence

↑ The Nazi past of ministers and prime ministers of Lower Saxony (PDF; 92 kB), Landtag printed matter 16/4667, p. 3.

Web links

Literature by and about Otto Krapp in the catalog of the German National Library
Photo at the Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice

personal data
SURNAME	Krapp, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and politician (center), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	May 19, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH	Steinfeld , Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH	October 9, 1996

[1] The Nazi past of ministers and prime ministers of Lower Saxony (PDF; 92 kB), Landtag printed matter 16/4667, p. 3.