Hans Schmitz
politician
- December 10, 1896
- January 8, 1986
- 89 years
About Hans Schmitz
Hans Schmitz, 89, German politician.
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|Hans Schmitz (December 12, 1896 – January 8, 1986) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.
Life
In 1949 Schmitz ran for the CDU in the constituency of Rheydt-Mönchengladbach-Viersen, was directly elected with 37.4% of the votes and thus belonged to the first German Bundestag. He was also a member of the Executive Board of the German Trade Association and Honorary President since 1966.
Literature
Herbst, Ludolf; Jahn, Bruno (2002). Vierhaus, Rudolf (ed.). Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002 [Biographical Handbook of the Members of the German Bundestag. 1949–2002] (in German). München: De Gruyter - De Gruyter Saur. p. 1715. ISBN 978-3-11-184511-1.
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