Josef Ertl

Josef Ertl
Josef Ertl
Minister of Food and Agriculture
	In office; 22 October 1969 – 29 March 1983
Prime Minister	Willy Brandt; Helmut Schmidt; Helmut Kohl;
Preceded by	Hermann Höcherl
Succeeded by	Ignaz Kiechle
Member of the Bundestag
	In office; 17 October 1961 – 18 February 1987
Personal details
Born	7 March 1925; Munich, Weimar Germany
Died	16 November 2000 (aged 75); Murnau, Germany
Political party	Free Democratic Party
Alma mater	Technical University Munich

Josef Ertl (7 March 1925 – 16 November 2000) was a German politician who served as the minister of agriculture in different cabinets of Germany and was a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).

Early life and education

Ertl's family were from Bavaria.^[1] He was born on 7 March 1925 and raised in Munich.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Ertl held a bachelor's degree in agriculture from the Technical University Munich in 1952.^[2]

Career

Ertl was a member of the FDP which he joined in the 1950s.^[5] He was part of the liberal right wing in the party.^[6] He served in the FDP's regional council of Munich from 1952 to 1956.^[4] He was a member of the Bundestag from 1961 to 1987.^[5] He also headed the Bavarian branch of the party from 1971 to 1983.^[7] He was among the German politicians who shaped the Europe policy of the country in the 1970s.^[8]

He was appointed minister of agriculture to the coalition government led by Prime Minister Willy Brandt on 22 October 1969.^[1]^[9] Ertl replaced Hermann Höcherl in the post.^[5] He retained his post until 1983 in various cabinets, but for a short period from 17 September to 1 October 1982 Björn Engholm assumed the post.^[9]^[10]

After leaving office he served as the president of the German agricultural society from early 1984 to late 1990.^[7] He was also the president of the German ski association from 1978 to 1991.^[4]

Death

Ertl was seriously injured in an accident on the farm of his son in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech in mid-November 2000.^[7] He died of complications resulting from severe burn injuries on 20 November 2000 in Murnau at the age of 75.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b Michael Balfour (1992). Germany: The Tides of Power. London: Routledge. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-415-06788-1.
^ ^a ^b "Ex-Landwirtschaftsminister Josef Ertl gestorben". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). Munich. dpa. 17 November 2000. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
^ "Angehörige des Bundestags / I. -. X. Legislaturperiode" (PDF) (in German). Weltenlauf. 20 October 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Josef Ertl" (in German). F. Neumann Stiftung. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Josef Ertl" (in German). FDP. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
^ Heinrich August Winkler (2007). Germany: 1933-1990. Vol. 2. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-19-926598-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c "FDP: Josef Ertl ist tot". Der Spiegel (in German). 17 November 2000. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
^ Jeffrey S. Lantis (1997). Domestic Constraints and the Breakdown of International Agreements. Westport, CT; London: Praeger. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-275-95948-7.
^ ^a ^b "Die Bundesminister seit 1949" (in German). BMELV. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
^ "The Media Warns of "Dying Forests and Acid Rain"" (PDF). German History in Documents and Images. 9. 1983. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2007.
^ "Ex-Minister Josef Ertl verstorben". RP Online (in German). 17 November 2000. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

External links

Media related to Josef Ertl at Wikimedia Commons

[Balfour1992-1] Michael Balfour (1992). Germany: The Tides of Power. London: Routledge. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-415-06788-1.

[hampost-2] "Ex-Landwirtschaftsminister Josef Ertl gestorben". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). Munich. dpa. 17 November 2000. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

[welten-3] "Angehörige des Bundestags / I. -. X. Legislaturperiode" (PDF) (in German). Weltenlauf. 20 October 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

[fnstiftung-4] "Josef Ertl" (in German). F. Neumann Stiftung. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

[fdp-5] "Josef Ertl" (in German). FDP. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

[6] Heinrich August Winkler (2007). Germany: 1933-1990. Vol. 2. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-19-926598-5.

[spiegel00-7] "FDP: Josef Ertl ist tot". Der Spiegel (in German). 17 November 2000. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

[8] Jeffrey S. Lantis (1997). Domestic Constraints and the Breakdown of International Agreements. Westport, CT; London: Praeger. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-275-95948-7.

[bmelv-9] "Die Bundesminister seit 1949" (in German). BMELV. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

[10] "The Media Warns of "Dying Forests and Acid Rain"" (PDF). German History in Documents and Images. 9. 1983. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2007.

[rp-11] "Ex-Minister Josef Ertl verstorben". RP Online (in German). 17 November 2000. Retrieved 6 July 2013.

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