Friedrich Jakob Funk was a
German
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Politician
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of the
Christian Social Union (CSU).
Life
Early life and Farming Career
Funk, who was a
Protestant Christian
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, was a soldier in
World War I
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despite his young age. After the war he studied
agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...
in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
and graduated as a
farmer
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. In 1932 he took over the parental lease in Neuses am Sand, which he acquired in 1936.
Political career
Friedrich Funk was elected as a
non-party candidate in the district council of
Gerolzhofen
Gerolzhofen () is a town in the district of Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany. The town is the former center of the district of Gerolzhofen and has about 7,000 inhabitants. The mayor of Gerolzhofen is Thorsten Wozniak (CSU).
GerolzhofenStadtpfarrkirc ...
in 1948. He joined the CSU in 1949 after being appointed as a candidate for the
Bundestag
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and had been a member of the German Bundestag since its
first election in 1949 until his death in 1963. He was always elected directly to parliament in the constituency of
Schweinfurt
Schweinfurt ( , ; ) is a city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the surrounding district (''Landkreis'') of Schweinfurt and a major industrial, cultural and educational hub. The urban ag ...
. From 1953 to 1957, he was deputy chairman of the CSU national group in the
CDU / CSU parliamentary group. From 1957 until his death he was deputy chairman of the Bundestag's Committee on Petitions. On May 17, 1963, he was awarded the
Bavarian Order of Merit
The Bavarian Order of Merit (german: Bayerischer Verdienstorden) is the Order of Merit of the Free State of Bavaria. It is awarded by the Minister-President of Bavaria as a "recognition of outstanding contributions to the Free State of Bavaria ...
.
See also
*
List of Bavarian Christian Social Union politicians
A list of notable politicians of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU):
A
* Manfred Ach
* Heinrich Aigner
* Ilse Aigner
* Katrin Albsteiger
* Max Allwein
* Walter Althammer
* Hans Amler
* Erwin Ammann
* Johann Anetseder
* Willi Anker ...
References
1900 births
1963 deaths
People from Kitzingen (district)
Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria
Members of the Bundestag 1961–1965
Members of the Bundestag 1957–1961
Members of the Bundestag 1953–1957
Members of the Bundestag 1949–1953
Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Social Union in Bavaria
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