Life
Brandes had been mayor and council member of the town of Holzminden and member of the district council of the district of Holzminden since 1956. He was a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament from 1963 until his death. There he was chairman of the CDU parliamentary group from 1965 to 1970 and from 1976 to 1982. From 1973 to 1978 he was chairman of the Legal and Constitutional Committee and from 1982 to 1985 he served as President of the State Parliament and from 1981 to 1985 also as District Administrator of the Holzminden District. He was elected to the German Bundestag in the 1969 federal elections, but resigned his seat on 29 October 1969 to remain in Lower Saxony's state politics.Literature
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1910 births 1985 deaths Members of the Bundestag for Lower Saxony Members of the Bundestag 1969–1972 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub