Eduard Oswald

Eduard Oswald ( born September 6, 1947 in Augsburg ) is a German politician ( CSU). From 23 March 2011 to October 22, 2013, he was Vice President of the German Bundestag.

Life and career

After attending business school Oswald made ​​from 1964 training as a retail merchant. In 1968 he graduated from then studying business administration in Munich, which he finished in 1971 with a degree in Business Administration ( FH). This idea was from 1971 to 1974 a study for the teaching profession at primary and secondary schools. From 1974 to 1978 he worked as a secondary school teacher.

Eduard Oswald is married, has two children and lives in Dinkelscherben at Augsburg.

Party

Oswald appeared in 1966 in the CSU one. Since 1972 he is member of the CSU district board of Swabia from 1989 as Deputy District Chairman. Since 2005, Eduard Oswald honor county chairman of the CSU in the district of Augsburg.

Member of Parliament

Oswald belonged from 1972 to 1998 the council of the district of Augsburg, and from 1978 to 1986 the Bavarian Landtag on.

From 1987 to 2013, Oswald was a member of the German Bundestag. Here he was from 1992 to 1998 Parliamentary Secretary of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group. From 1998 to 2005 he was Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Transport, Building and Housing and from November 2005 to 2009 of the Finance Committee. From November 2009 to March 2011 Oswald was the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Economy and Technology. On 23 March 2011, Oswald was elected with 504 of 570 votes cast to the Bundestag Vice President. He held the post until his retirement from the Parliament.

Eduard Oswald is always drawn as a directly elected representative of the constituency Augsburg -Land in the Bundestag. He most recently in 2009 reached 53.0 % of the primary vote in the general election. In the general election in 2013 he no longer went to.

Memberships

Oswald is a member of the European Union Parliamentarians German Bundestag.

Public offices

On 14 January 1998 he was appointed as Federal Minister for Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development in the run of Chancellor Helmut Kohl Federal Government. After the 1998 election, he retired already on 26 October 1998 from the government again.

Cabinet

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