- Hans Furler
Infobox_President | name =Hans Furler
order =President of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
term_start =1956
term_end =1958
predecessor =Giuseppe Pella
successor =Robert Schuman
order2 =President of the European Parliamentary Assembly
term_start2 =1960
term_end2 =1962
predecessor2 =Robert Schuman
successor2 =Gaetano Martino
birth_date =Birth date|1904|06|05|mf=y
birth_place =Lahr ,Baden ,Germany
death_date =Death date and age|1975|06|29|1904|06|05
death_place =Achern ,Baden-Württemberg ,Germany
party =Christian-Democratic UnionEuropean People's Party
birth_date =5 June 1904
death_date =death date and age|1975|6|20|1904|6|5|
spouse =
profession =
religion =Roman Catholic
|Hans Furler (
5 June 1904 -29 June 1975 ) was a Germanchristian-democrat politician.He was the president of the
European Parliament from 1956 to 1958 and from 1960 to 1962.Early life
Furler was born in
Lahr in theBaden portion of theBlack Forest . After graduating from Lahr grammar school, Furler studied law in Freiburg in Breisgau,Berlin andHeidelberg . In 1925 he passed his first state examination and in 1928 he earned his doctorate with a thesis on "The Police's emergency measures and the state's obligation to compensate".In December 1928, he passed the assessor's examination and first first worked as an advocate in
Pforzheim . Since 1930 he also lectured in patent law.In 1932, he habilitated at Technical University Karlsruhe . In 1940, the University appointed him extraordinary professor for "industrial property and and copyright".
From 1945 to 1948 he worked as the lawyer of a paper factory owned by his in-laws. In 1948 he opened a new law firm in Freiburg.
After 1950 he lectured at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg.
German politics
In 1952, Furler joined the Christian-Democratic Union and was soon elected chairman of the economic council of the party's Baden branch.
Furler was a member of the Bundestag from 1953 until 1972, representing the consticuency of
Offenburg . Until 1957, he was vice chairman of the "commitee for industrial property and and copyright", in 1957 he was briefly chairman of the "special comitee "common market /EURATOM ". From 1959 to 1960 he was chairman of the "commitee of foreign affairs".European politics
From 1955 to 1973, he also was a member of the precusors to the
European Parliament , first of the "Common Assembly" of theEuropean Coal and Steel Community (1955-1958) and then of the "European Parliamentary Assembly" of the European Communities (1958-1973). He served as president of these bodis from from 1956 to 1958 and from 1960 to 1962 and as vice president from 1962 to 1973.From 1958 to 1966, he was President of the German Council of the European Movement.
Death
Furler died on
29 June 1975 inAchern .Publications
*"Das polizeiliche Notrecht und die Entschädigungspflicht des Staates", Diss.jur., Heidelberg 1928
*"Parlamente über den Nationen. Entwicklung, Zustand und Aussichten in Europa", in: "Die Politische Meinung", 1957, Heft 11, p. 17-28.
*"Reden und Aufsätze 1953–1957" (undated)
*"Im neuen Europa. Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen im Europäischen Parlament", Frankfurt/Main 1963Literature
*Horst Ferdinand, Adolf Kohler. "Für Europa. Hans Furlers Lebensweg". Bonn 1977.
*Claudia Philipp. "Hans Furler - Ein Europäer der ersten Stunde", in: "Die Osterweiterung der EU". Stuttgart 2004.
*Georg Lutz et al. "Europa - eine Vision wird Wirklichkeit. Hans Furler 1904–1975". Oberkirch, 2004
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