Heinrich Ferdinand Adolph Schönfelder (1875–1966) was a German politician, ''Alterspräsident'' (President by right of age, Father of the House) of the Federal German

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in 1948–49, mayor of

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, and member of the

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. Schönfelder was member of the Social Democratic Party. From 1921 to 1925, Schönfelder was the president of the Central Union of Carpenters and Kindred Trades of Germany. On 1 September 1948 in his position of ''Alterspräsident'', Schönfelder presided over the first meeting of the Parliamentary Council that drafted the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany. As presiding officer of the constitutive meeting of the parliamentary council, he chaired the election of the council's President and two Vice-Presidents. He was chosen first vice-president of the council. On 23 May 1949, as first vice-president of the parliamentary council, he signed the

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together with

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and Hermann Schäfer. Schönfelder was honorary citizen of Hamburg, the highest decoration of the

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* * 1875 births 1966 deaths Mayors of Hamburg Senators of Hamburg Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians {{Germany-mayor-stub

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