Eduard Oswald
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Eduard Oswald | |
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 Oswald in 2021 | |
| Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of the CDU/CSU faction) | |
| In office 23 March 2011 – 22 October 2013 | |
| President | Norbert Lammert |
| Preceded by | Gerda Hasselfeldt |
| Succeeded by | Johannes Singhammer Peter Hintze |
| Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development | |
| In office 14 January 1998 – 26 October 1998 | |
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Klaus Töpfer |
| Succeeded by | Franz Müntefering (as Minister for Transport, Building and Housing) |
| In office 18 February 1987 – 22 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Ernst Josef Pöppl |
| Succeeded by | Hansjörg Durz |
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| In office 30 October 1978 – 22 October 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Hubert Spiekenheuer |
| Succeeded by | Max Strehle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 September 1947 Augsburg, Germany |
| Party | Christian Social Union |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | LMU Munich |
Eduard Oswald (born 6 September 1947) is a German politician who served as one of the vice presidents of the German Bundestag from 2011 until 2013. A member of the Christian Social Union, he was nominated by the CDU/CSU parliamentary faction to succeed Gerda Hasselfeldt.
Political career
[edit]A member of the CSU since 1966, he was a deputy in the Augsburg county council from 1972 to 1998 and a member of the Bavarian Landtag from 1978 to 1986.
From 1987 until 2013, Oswald was a directly elected member of the Bundestag, representing the constituency of Augsburg-Land in Bavaria. He was a member of the executive committee of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag and served as its parliamentary secretary from May 1992 to January 1998.[1] In the last Kohl cabinet, he was Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development. During his tenure before his election as Vice President of the Bundestag he served on several important committees including transport, economics and technology and finance.
Other activities
[edit]- Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, member of the board of trustees [2]
References
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| People | |
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria
- Members of the Landtag of Bavaria
- Politicians from Augsburg
- Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013
- Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009
- Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005
- Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002
- Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998
- Members of the Bundestag 1990–1994
- Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Social Union in Bavaria
- Vice presidents of the Bundestag
- Recipients of the Bayerischer Verfassungsorden