Irmgard Fuest (born September 6, 1903 in
Münstermaifeld
Münstermaifeld () is a town in the district Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") of Maifeld. It is situated south-east of Mayen, a few kilometres from the Moselle riv ...
, died June 22, 1980 in
Neunkirchen, birth name Irmgard Scherer) was a Saarland politician of the CVP / CDU and lawyer. She completed her legal traineeship at the Court of Appeals and passed her second state examination in 1931, then she worked as a judge at
Brühl District Court and as a lawyer in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
. In 1935, she founded a law firm in
Neunkirchen together with her husband Josef Fuest. She was the first woman to become a Judicial Councilor in the Federal Republic.
In 1975, Fuest was awarded the
Saarland Order of Merit
The Saarland Order of Merit (german: Saarländischer Verdienstorden) is the highest award of the German State of Saarland. Established on 10 December 1974, the order is presented in recognition for outstanding service to Saarland by the Minister ...
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