Eugen Leibfried

Eugen Leibfried (16 April 1897 – 12 October 1978) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.^[1]

Eugen Leibfried
Eugen Leibfried (centre) next to Adalbert Seifriz (1967)
Member of the Bundestag
In office 7 September 1949 – 21 June 1956
Personal details
Born	(1897-04-16)16 April 1897
Died	12 October 1978(1978-10-12) (aged 81)
Nationality	German
Political party	CDU

Life

Prior to joining politics, he was a farmer.^[2]

After 1945 he joined the CDU and became a member of the district council of the district of Mosbach in 1946. In 1949 he was elected to the first German Bundestag in the Sinsheim constituency with 37.8% of the vote.^[3] In the 1953 election he was able to maintain his direct mandate. On 7 October 1953 Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Gebhard Müller appointed him to his cabinet as the Minister of Agriculture.^[4] Because of his ministerial activities in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Leibfried resigned from his office as a member of the Bundestag on 21 June 1956. From 1956 to 1972 he was then a member of the Bundestag of Baden-Württemberg.^[5]

In 1975 he was awarded with the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg.^[6]

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.