Hugo Geiger Explained

Hugo Geiger
Office:Member of the Bundestag
Term Start:6 October 1953
Term End:15 October 1961
Office2:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start2:27 February 1958
Term End2:29 November 1961
Birth Date:1 April 1901
Birth Place:Furth im Wald
Party:CSU
Nationality:German

Hugo Geiger (1 July 1901  - 8 July 1984) was a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) and former member of the German Bundestag.[1]

Life

In 1945 Geiger was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Bavaria, and from 1950 to 1953 he was also a member of the state parliament there.

Geiger was a member of the German Bundestag from 1953 to 1961. He represented the constituency of Tirschenreuth in parliament. From 1953 to 1957, Geiger was deputy chairman of the committee pursuant to Article 15 of the Basic Law, from 23 March 1956 to 10 January 1957 chairman of the Bundestag Committee on Atomic Questions, and from 1957 to 1961 deputy chairman of the Committee on Nuclear Energy and Water Management.

From 27 February 1958 to 29 November 1961, Geiger was also a member of the European Parliament.

Literature

Book: Vierhaus. Rudolf. Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002. Jahn. Bruno. 2002. De Gruyter - De Gruyter Saur. 978-3-11-184511-1. Herbst . Ludolf. München. de. Biographical Handbook of the Members of the German Bundestag. 1949–2002. 1715.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Die Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages - 1.-13. Wahlperiode: Alphabetisches Gesamtverzeichnis; Stand: 28. Februar 1998. 1998-02-28. webarchiv.bundestag.de. Deutscher Bundestag, Wissenschaftliche Dienste des Bundestages (WD 3/ZI 5). de. The members of the German Bundestag - 1st - 13th term of office: Alphabetical complete index. 2020-05-21. PDF.