Background
ERTL, Josef was born on March 7, 1925 in Oberschleissheim. Son of Adolf Ertl and Magdalena Wagner.
politician member of the German Bundestag
ERTL, Josef was born on March 7, 1925 in Oberschleissheim. Son of Adolf Ertl and Magdalena Wagner.
Technische Universität München.
Ertl"s family were from Bavaria. Ertl held a bachelor"s degree in agriculture from the Technical University Munich in 1952. He was part of the liberal right wing in the party.
He served in the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party)"s regional council of Munich from 1952 to 1956.
He also headed the Bavarian branch of the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) from 1971 to 1983. He was among German politicians who shaped the Europe policy of the country in the 1970s.
He was appointed minister of agriculture to the coalition government led by the then prime minister Willy Brandt on 22 October 1969. Ertl replaced Hermann Höcherl in the post.
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.
After leaving office he served as the president of the German agricultural society from early 1984 to late 1990. He was also the president of the German ski association from 1978 to 1991. He died of complications resulting from severe burn injuries on 20 November 2000 in Murnau at the age of 75.
Free Democratic Party, Nazi Party.
Ertl was a member of the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) to which he joined in the 1950s. He was the member of the Bundestag from 1961 to 1987.
Married Paula Nicklas in 1953.