Life
Doss joined the CDU in 1965 and was elected to the state executive of the CDU Rhineland-Palatinate. Doss was a member of the city council of Mainz from 1979 to 1981. From January to August 1981, he was a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament. He was a member of the German Bundestag from 20 July 1981, when he succeeded Elmar Pieroth, who had resigned, until 2002. He was always elected to the Bundestag via the Rhineland-Palatinate state list. From 1990 to 2002, he was chairman of the parliamentary group for medium-sized businesses of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group and was a member of the group's executive committee.References
1936 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate Members of the Bundestag 1998–2002 Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998 Members of the Bundestag 1990–1994 Members of the Bundestag 1987–1990 Members of the Bundestag 1983–1987 Members of the Bundestag 1980–1983 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Members of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub