Richard Meier (politician, 1878)
Richard Meier (born November 23, 1878 in Arnsfeld , † January 25, 1933 in Berlin ) was a German politician of the SPD .
Life and work
After attending the elementary school in Arnsfeld, Meier, who was Evangelical-Lutheran, learned the trade of brewer in Leubsdorf from 1893 to 1896 . During his military service with the 2nd Grenadier Regiment 101 in Dresden in 1909 he was so seriously injured that he was dismissed as an invalid. He then became a full-time workers secretary at the Central Association of Brewery Workers .
MP
In a by-election on May 13, 1918, Meier in the constituency of Saxony 18 was elected to the Reichstag of the Empire. In 1919/20 he was a member of the Weimar National Assembly . Then Meier was again a member of the Reichstag until May 1924 and again from July 1932 until his death .
literature
- Martin Schumacher (Hrsg.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation, 1933–1945. A biographical documentation . 3rd, considerably expanded and revised edition. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5183-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Meier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Meier (Saxony), Richard in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Richard Meier's biography . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meier, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arnsfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1933 |
| Place of death | Berlin |