Background
Peus, son of H. Busso Peus and father of Busso Peus, studied law at the universities of Bonn, Freiburg, Lausanne and Berlin and became a solicitor and barrister as well as a notary in Münster.
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Fritz Peus
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Career
From 1929 to 1933, during the Great Depression, he was chosen as chairman of the City Council (Stadtverordnetenvorsteher) before he was removed from office by the Nazis. After the end of World World War II he was appointed Mayor of Münster (Oberbürgermeister) by the Allied Powers at the suggestion of Clemens August Count von Galen, the Bishop of Münster.
Membership
In 1905, he was elected to the City Council of Münster as a member of the Catholic Centre Party.
