Ursula Pistorius
Ursula Pistorius | |
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| Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony | |
| In office 21 June 1978 – 20 June 1990 | |
| Constituency | Osnarbrück-East |
| Member of the City Council of Osnabrück | |
| In office 1972–1996 | |
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| Born | Ursula Raabe 18 January 1933 Frankfurt (Oder), German Reich |
| Died | 4 September 2015 (aged 82) |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Ursula Pistorius (née Raabe; born 18 January 1933, in Frankfurt (Oder); died 4 September 2015, in Osnabrück) was a German politician (SPD) and a Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Pistorius first went to grade school and later to a secondary school and a comprehensive school until 1949.[2] In that same year her family moved to West Germany. In 1952 she got her Abitur at the catholic girls school Angelaschule in Osnabrück.[2]
She worked in a publishing company since 1952 and joined the Trade, Banking and Insurance Union in 1953. She quit her job after giving birth to her first son in 1956.[citation needed]
Political career
[edit]Ursula Pistorius became a member of the SPD in 1970. She was on the City Council of Osnarbrück from 1972 to 1996. She was a member of various committees during her tenure[2][3]
She represented the Constituency Osnarbrück-East from the 9th to the 11th legislative period of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. She won her constituency directly (Direktmandat)[a] in the elections of 1978, 1982 and 1986 respectively. She was deputy chairwoman of the SPD parliamentary caucus in the Landtag from 21 June 1986, to 20 June 1990.[4][3]
Personal life
[edit]She married Ludwig Pistorius (1923–2009) with whom she had three sons born in 1956, 1960 and 1962 respectively. She quit her job after giving birth to her first son.[2] Pistorius' second son is Boris Pistorius, a SPD-politician who was lord mayor of Osnarbrück and is the current Federal Minister of Defence since 19 January 2023.[5][4]
After her retirement she started a Seniorenstudium (senior studies) and travelled through eastern Europe. In 2015 she died at the age of 82 following a short, heavy illness.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Due to the German electoral system it is possible for a candidate to fail to win in their First-past-the-post constituency and still enter the Landtag.
Literature
[edit]- Barbara Simon: Abgeordnete in Niedersachsen 1946–1994. Biographisches Handbuch. Hrsg. vom Präsidenten des Niedersächsischen Landtages. Niedersächsischer Landtag [Members of the Landtag in Lower Saxony 1946–1994 Biographical Handbook, Ed. President of the Landtag of Lower Saxony] Hannover 1996, S. 292.
References
[edit]- ^ "Alle Infos & News zu Boris Pistorius". rtl.de (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d Ulrike Schmidt (9 September 2015). "Zum Tod der Osnabrücker Politikerin Ursula Pistorius". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Traueranzeigen von Ursula Pistorius | noz Trauerportal". 20 January 2023. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Video: Das ist der Bundesverteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius (SPD)". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). 13 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Stichwahlergebnis". www.nls.niedersachsen.de. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ Schmidt, Ulrike (9 September 2015). "Zum Tod der Osnabrücker Politikerin Ursula Pistorius" [On the death of Osnabrück politician Ursula Pistorius]. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
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