Ludwig Preiß (25 July 1910 – 14 May 1996) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...

Career

Preiß was a member of the German Bundestag from its first election in 1949 to 1961 and again from 24 November 1964, when he succeeded the late

Heinrich von Brentano Heinrich Joseph Maximilian Johann Maria von Brentano di Tremezzo (20 June 1904 – 14 November 1964), known professionally as Heinrich von Brentano, was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as Federal Minister ...

, until 1972. In 1949 and 1953 he represented the FDP, in 1957 the DP and again in 1965 the CDU in the constituency of Marburg. In 1969 he entered the Bundestag via the state list of the Hessian CDU.

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