Gerold Benz

Gerold Benz (May 2, 1921 – July 23, 1987) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.^[1]

Gerold Benz
Gerold Benz' announcement poster for the 1976 federal election
Member of the Bundestag
In office 13 December 1972 – 4 November 1980
Personal details
Born	(1921-05-02)2 May 1921 Offenburg
Died	23 July 1987(1987-07-23) (aged 66) Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	CDU

Life

In 1972 he was elected to the German Bundestag via the state list of the CDU in Baden-Württemberg. There he was a full member of the Committee for Research and Technology and for Post and Telecommunications. He was directly elected to the Bundestag in the 1976 federal election in constituency 178 (Karlsruhe). He was a full member of the Committee for Research and Technology from 1976 to 1980. He was also a deputy member of the Committee on Home Affairs in both legislative periods.

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.