Hans Mühlenfeld

German politician and diplomat (1901–1969)
Hans Mühlenfeld
Ambassador Mühlenfeld (left) being received by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, 12 May 1953.
Ambassador of Germany to Australia
In office
August 1958 – September 1962
Preceded byWalther Hess
Succeeded byJoachim Ritter
Lower Saxony Minister of Culture
In office
12 June 1963 – 24 April 1965
Prime MinisterGeorg Diederichs
Preceded byRichard Voigt
Succeeded byRichard Langeheine
Member of the Bundestag
In office
7 September 1949 – 15 May 1953
ConstituencyLower Saxony List
Personal details
Born(1901-09-11)11 September 1901
Hanover, Prussia
Died14 October 1969(1969-10-14) (aged 68)
Isernhagen, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Political partyDP (1947–1960)
FDP (1960–1967)

Hans Mühlenfeld (11 September 1901 – 14 October 1969) was a German politician and diplomat who served as the second Ambassador to Australia and Ambassador to the Netherlands.

Early life and education

Born in Hanover, Prussia, on 11 September 1901, after school education Mühlenfeld studied law and political science at the University of Göttingen where he was granted his doctor of law. In the summer semester of 1929 he became member of Burschenschaft Hannovera (fraternity). After passing his state examination, he worked as a corporate lawyer.

Political and diplomatic career

After the war in 1945, Mühlenfeld was a co-founder and from 1950 deputy chairman of the German Party (DP). In 1947 he was elected as a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony and in 1949 Mühlenfeld was elected on the Lower Saxony List of the German Party in the first Bundestag. As parliamentary Group Vice Chairman, in September 1950 Mühlenfeld took over as Parliamentary Chairman of the German party after the death of Friedrich Klinge.[1]

Mühlenfeld resigned from the Bundestag on 15 May 1953 in order to take up an appointment as Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Netherlands. This office he held until 1958, when he was appointed to succeed Walther Hess as Ambassador to Australia, where he served until 1962.[2] As Ambassador he facilitated a donation of 1000 modern German books to the National Library of Australia and an exhibition of fine German works of literature.[3]

After the merger of the German Party in 1960 he left his former party and returned to the Landtag of Lower Saxony from 1963 to 1967 as a member of the FDP. From 1963 to 1965 he served in the state SDP-FDP government of Georg Diederichs as Minister of Culture.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Mühlenfeld, Hans" in Munzinger Online/Personen – Internationales Biographisches Archiv, URL: http://www.munzinger.de/document/00000004304 (retrieved 13 November 2015)
  2. ^ "NEW ENVOY ARRIVES". The Canberra Times. 29 August 1958. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Gift Of 1,000 German Books To Australia". The Canberra Times. 25 September 1958. p. 3. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Die Niedersächsischen Kultusministerinnen und Kultusminister seit 1946". Niedersachsen.de. Niedersächsischen Kultusministerium. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Friedrich Klinge
 Chairman of the Bundestag Group of the German Party
1950–1953 		Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Werner von Holleben
 Ambassador of Germany to the Netherlands
1953–1958 		Succeeded by
Josef Löns
Preceded by Ambassador of Germany to Australia
1958–1962 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Richard Voigt
 Lower Saxony Minister of Culture
1963–1965 		Succeeded by
Richard Langeheine
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President: Erich Köhler until 18 October 1950; Hermann Ehlers from 19 October 1950 (CDU)
CDU/CSU
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CDU/CSU
Speaker: Konrad Adenauer until 21 September 1949; Heinrich von Brentano from 30 September 1949
SPD
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SPD
Speaker: Kurt Schumacher until 20 August 1952; Erich Ollenhauer from 7 October 1952
  • Members:
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  • Albrecht
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  • Ansorge (from 17 November 1951)
  • Arndt
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  • Baade
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  • Bergmann
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  • Geritzmann
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  • Happe
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  • Heinen (from 24 July 1953)
  • Hennig
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  • Herrmann
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  • Leddin (until 25 March 1951)
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  • Lockmann (from 28 November 1950)
  • Lohmüller (until 2 March 1952)
  • Ludwig
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  • Matzner
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  • Meitmann
  • Mellies
  • Menzel
  • Merten (from 23 April 1951)
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  • Meyer
  • Meyer
  • Meyer-Laule
  • Missmahl
  • Mommer
  • Moosdorf (from 4 May 1952)
  • Mücke
  • Müller
  • Müller
  • Nadig
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  • Neumann
  • Nölting (until 15 July 1953)
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  • Paul
  • Peters
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  • Preller (from 16 March 1951)
  • Priebe
  • Reitzner
  • Richter
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  • Roth (until 14 May 1951)
  • Ruhnke
  • Runge
  • Sander
  • Sassnick
  • Schanzenbach
  • Schellenberg (from 1 February 1952)
  • Schmid
  • Schmidt
  • Schoettle
  • Schönauer (until 2 April 1950)
  • Schöne
  • Schroeder
  • Schröter (from 1 February 1952)
  • Schumacher (until 20 August 1952)
  • Segitz (from 4 December 1951)
  • Seuffert
  • Stech
  • Steinhörster
  • Stierle
  • Stopperich (until 6 January 1952)
  • Striebeck
  • Strobel
  • Suhr (until 31 January 1952)
  • Temmen
  • Tenhagen
  • Troppenz
  • Veit
  • Wagner
  • Wehner
  • Wehr (from 21 May 1952)
  • Weinhold
  • Welke
  • Weltner
  • Wenzel
  • Winter (from 9 November 1952)
  • Wolff (from 1 February 1952)
  • Wönner
  • Zinn (until 21 January 1951)
  • Zühlke
FDP
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FDP
Speaker: Theodor Heuss until 12 September 1949; Hermann Schäfer until 10 January 1951; August-Martin Euler until 6 May 1952; Hermann Schäfer from 6 May 1952
  • Members:
  • Atzenroth
  • Becker
  • Blank
  • Blücher
  • Dannemann
  • Dehler
  • Dirscherl
  • Eberhard (from 3 October 1952)
  • Euler
  • Fassbender
  • Friedrich (from 5 October 1950 Non-attached, from 16 November 1950 BHE/DG, from 2 April 1952 FDP-Gast)
  • Frühwald
  • Funcke (from 14 September 1951)
  • Gaul
  • Golitschek
  • Grundmann
  • Hammer
  • Hasemann
  • Henn (from 1 February 1952)
  • Heuss (until 15 September 1949)
  • Hoffmann (from 15 June 1951)
  • Hoffmann
  • Höpker-Aschoff (until 9 September 1951)
  • Hübner (from 1 February 1952)
  • Hütter (from 15 September 1949)
  • Ilk (from 3 November 1949)
  • Jaeger (from 22 January 1953)
  • Juncker
  • Kneipp
  • Kohl (until 31 January 1952)
  • Kühn
  • Langer (from 10 June 1952 Non-attached, from 29 March 1953 WAV)
  • Leuchtgens (from 21 January 1950 DRP, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached (DRP), from 6 December 1950 DP, from 27 July 1953 partei- und Non-attached)
  • Leuze (from 21 March 1952)
  • Linnert (until 27 October 1949)
  • Luchtenberg (from 30 October 1950)
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  • Mauk (from 7 April 1952)
  • Mayer (until 18 December 1952)
  • Mende
  • Middelhauve (until 17 October 1950)
  • Mulert (from 1 February 1952)
  • Neumayer
  • Nöll
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  • Oellers (until 5 June 1951)
  • Onnen
  • Pfleiderer
  • Preiß
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  • Rechenberg (until 19 January 1953)
  • Reif
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  • Rüdiger (until 20 February 1951)
  • Schäfer
  • Schneider
  • Stahl
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  • Trischler
  • Vries (from 5 January 1953)
  • Wellhausen
  • Wildermuth (until 9 March 1952)
  • Will (from 1 February 1952)
  • Wirths
  • Zawadil (from 26 November 1952 DP)
DP
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DP
Speaker: Heinrich Hellwege until 2 November 1949; Friedrich Klinge until 21 December 1949; Hans Mühlenfeld until 15 March 1953; Hans-Joachim von Merkatz from 17 March 1953
  • Members:
  • Ahrens
  • Bahlburg (from 13 September 1951 Non-attached, from 24 January 1952 DP-Gast, from 10 September 1952 Non-attached)
  • Campe (from 23 January 1950, until 8 January 1952)
  • Eickhoff
  • Ewers
  • Farke
  • Fricke (from 22 March 1952)
  • Hedler (from 19 January 1950 Non-attached, from 28 March 1950 DRP-Gast, from 16 September 1950 Non-attached, from 29 April 1953 WAV)
  • Hellwege
  • Jaffé (from 9 January 1952)
  • Kalinke
  • Klinge (until 21 December 1949)
  • Kuhlemann
  • Matthes
  • Merkatz
  • Mühlenfeld (until 15 May 1953)
  • Seebohm
  • Tobaben
  • Walter
  • Wittenburg
  • Woltje (from 30 May 1953)
BP
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BP
Speaker: Gebhard Seelos until 25 September 1951; Hugo Decker from 25 September 1951
  • Members:
  • Aretin (from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Aumer (from 8 September 1950 Non-attached)
  • Baumgartner (until 1 January 1951)
  • Besold (from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Decker
  • Donhauser (from 8 September 1950 Non-attached, from 17 September 1952 CSU)
  • Eichner (from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Etzel (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 3 December 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
  • Falkner (until 27 October 1950)
  • Fink (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 5 January 1952 CSU)
  • Fürstenberg (from 7 November 1950 Non-attached, from 19 January 1951 CSU)
  • Lampl (from 10 November 1950, from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Maerkl (from 1 September 1952)
  • Mayerhofer (from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Meitinger (from 26 September 1951, from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Oettingen-Wallerstein (from 8 January 1951, from 14 December 1951 FU, until 1 September 1952)
  • Parzinger (from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Rahn (from 14 January 1950, from 8 September 1950 Non-attached, from 17 October 1950 WAV-Gast, from 14 February 1951 CSU)
  • Seelos (until 25 September 1951)
  • Volkholz (from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Wartner (from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Ziegler (until 30 December 1949)
KPD
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KPD
Speaker: Max Reimann
  • Members:
  • Agatz
  • Fisch
  • Gundelach
  • Harig
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  • Leibbrand (until 26 January 1950)
  • Müller (from 10 May 1950 Non-attached)
  • Müller
  • Niebergall
  • Niebes (from 10 July 1952)
  • Nuding (until 20 April 1951)
  • Paul
  • Reimann
  • Renner
  • Rische
  • Strohbach (from 16 May 1951)
  • Thiele
  • Vesper (until 30 June 1952)
WAV
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WAV
Speaker: Alfred Loritz
  • Members:
  • Bieganowski (from 21 March 1952, from 23 April 1952 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached)
  • Fröhlich (from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached)
  • Goetzendorff (from 29 March 1950 DRP-Gast, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached (DRP), from 29 April 1953 WAV)
  • Keller (from 24 April 1952, from 6 December 1951 DP, Non-attached)
  • Löfflad (from 6 December 1951 DP)
  • Loritz (from 6 December 1951 Non-attached, from 29 April 1953 WAV)
  • Paschek (from 29 March 1950 DRP-Gast, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached, from 30 January 1951 WAV, from 6 December 1951 DP, until 22 April 1952)
  • Reindl (from 6 December 1951 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached, from 29 April 1953 WAV)
  • Schmidt (from 6 December 1951 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached)
  • Schuster (from 6 December 1951 DP)
  • Tichi (from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached)
  • Wallner (from 6 December 1951 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached)
  • Weickert (from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, until 16 March 1952)
  • Wittmann (from 6 December 1951 DP, from 9 May 1952 Non-attached, from 5 July 1952 CDU/CSU-Gast)
ZENTRUM
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ZENTRUM
Speaker: Helene Wessel
  • Members:
  • Amelunxen (until 7 October 1949)
  • Arnold (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
  • Bertram (from 3 November 1949, from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Determann (from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Glasmeyer (from 23 November 1951 CDU)
  • Hamacher (until 29 July 1951)
  • Hoffmann (, from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Krause (until 18 October 1950)
  • Pannenbecker (from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Reismann (from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Ribbeheger (from 14 December 1951 FU)
  • Wessel (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 13 November 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
  • Willenberg (from 26 October 1950, from 14 December 1951 FU)
DRP
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DRP
  • Members:
  • Dorls (from 13 December 1950 WAV-Gast, from 17 January 1951 WAV, from 26 September 1951 Non-attached, am 23 October 1952 Mandatsaberkennung)
  • Frommhold (from 7 September 1949 Nationale Rechte, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached (DRP), from 26 March 1952 DP-Gast, from 11 February 1953 Non-attached)
  • Jaeger (from 29 February 1952)
  • Miessner (from 5 October 1950 FDP-Gast, from 20 December 1950 FDP)
  • Rößler (from 15 September 1949 Nationale Rechte, from 6 September 1950 Non-attached, from 13 December 1950 WAV-Gast, from 17 January 1951 WAV, from 26 September 1951 Non-attached, until 21 February 1952)
  • Thadden (from 15 September 1949 Nationale Rechte; 1950 DRP, from 20 April 1950 Non-attached)
OTHER
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OTHER
  • Members:
  • Clausen (from 23 January 1952 FU-Gast, from 3 July 1953 Non-attached)
  • Edert (CDU/CSU-Gast)
  • Freudenberg (from 5 December 1952 Non-attached)
  • Ott (Non-attached, from 4 May 1950 WAV-Gast, from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached, from 26 March 1952 DP/DPB-Gast, from 26 June 1952 Non-attached)
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