Philipp von Bismarck | |
Office: | Member of the Bundestag |
Term Start: | 20 October 1969 |
Term End: | 6 September 1979 |
Birth Date: | 19 August 1913 |
Birth Place: | Jarchlin |
Death Place: | Obernholz, Lower Saxony, Germany |
Party: | CDU |
Philipp von Bismarck (19 August 1913 - 20 July 2006) was a German farmer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.[1]
He was elected to the German Bundestag in 1969 for the CDU via a direct mandate in the Gifhorn constituency of Lower Saxony and was a member of the German Bundestag from 20 October 1969 until his resignation on 6 September 1979 (three terms). On 10 June 1979, Bismarck was for the first time elected directly by the citizens to the European Parliament, of which he had been a member since 1978 (elected by the Bundestag).
From 1970 to 1983 he was Chairman of the CDU Economic Council, whose Honorary Chairman he subsequently became.
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.