Josef Becker (8 February 1905 – 19 October 1996) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ...

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Before 1933 Becker was a member of the Centre Party. In 1945, he participated in the founding of the CDP, which later became the Rhineland-Palatinate state association of the CDU. In 1946, he was elected to the executive board of the Pirmasens district CDU association and was later its chairman until 1968. Becker had been a member of the Citizens' Council Committee since July 1945 and was a council member of the city of Pirmasens from 1946 to 1979. In 1946/47 he was a member of the Advisory State Assembly of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate. He was a member of the German Bundestag from its first election in 1949 to 1972. In parliament he represented the constituency of Zweibrücken from 1949 to 1965 and then the constituency of Pirmasens until 1972. From 1946 to 1948, Becker was second mayor of

Pirmasens Pirmasens (; (also ''Bermesens'' or ''Bärmasens'')) is an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It was famous for the manufacture of shoes. The surrounding rural district was called ''Landkreis Pirmasens ...

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1905 births 1996 deaths Members of the Bundestag for Rhineland-Palatinate Members of the Bundestag 1969–1972 Members of the Bundestag 1965–1969 Members of the Bundestag 1961–1965 Members of the Bundestag 1957–1961 Members of the Bundestag 1953–1957 Members of the Bundestag 1949–1953 Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub