Background
WAFFENSCHMIDT, Dr. Horst was born on May 10, 1933 in Düsseldorf, West Germany. Parents: Johannes Waffenschmidt and Elisabeth Waffenschmidt (née Jacobs).
WAFFENSCHMIDT, Dr. Horst was born on May 10, 1933 in Düsseldorf, West Germany. Parents: Johannes Waffenschmidt and Elisabeth Waffenschmidt (née Jacobs).
Hollenberg High School, Waldbröl, abitur (advanced matriculation examination). University of Bonn and Cologne, Ph D., law and political science. Spoken languages: English, French.
Member of district assembly, 1961-1964. Member of regional parliament, Nordrhein-Westfalen. 1962-1972; parttime deputy chairman, Christian Democratic Union group, regional parliament, NordrheinWestfalen, 1962-1972.
Member of federal Executive Committee, Christian Democratic Union. Deputy county chairman, Christian Democratic Union Nordrhein-Westfalen. Assistant, lawyer, regional organisation Rheinland.
1963; municipal clerk, Wiehl, since 1963. Town clerk, Wiehl, since 1971. First Vice-President, Association of German Towns and Villages.
1973; Vice-President then President. Town and Municipal Association, Düsseldorf. Member of Committee, Youth Union Rhineland, 1973-1979.
Federal Chairman, Association for Local Government Politics, CDU/CSU Germany, since 1973. Member of town council, Waldbröl. President, Association of German Towns and Villages, 1979-1981.
Member of Bundestag for Oberbergischer Kreis. Chairman, working group on local government politics, CDU/CSU parly, group, until October 1982. Member of Executive Committee, CDU/CSU parly, group, until October 1982.
Parliamentary Under Secretary, Federal Ministry of the Interior, October since 1982. Lawyer, 1973; co-operation in various committees of the Protestant Church. Head of Administration and Legal Department, District Road Construction Authority, Cologne, 1963-1964.
Member of county synod and Protestant Church Administration Rheinland. Member of synod. Evangelical Church of Germany: mem, of governing board. German Compensation Bank.
Protestant.
Clubs: German Gardening Society. Rotary Club.
Spouse Ilse Waffenschmidt, 1958. Children: Ute. Elke, Susanne, Christoph.