14 Facts About Heinz Schwarz

Heinz Schwarz was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany who was a long-time member of the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate, serving as the state's minister of the interior.

Heinz Schwarz trained as a banker until 1947, and then worked in his parents' vineyard and at times as an industrial labourer.

Heinz Schwarz owned two companies in his hometown, an antique shop and a company that imported raw materials.

Heinz Schwarz joined the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in 1947.

Heinz Schwarz was state secretary of the Junge Union youth organisation from 1952 to 1954, and its national secretary from 1955 to 1961.

Heinz Schwarz was responsible for the party in Rhineland-Palatinate from 1961 to 1964, and head of the district Koblenz-Montabaur from 1969 to 1980.

Heinz Schwarz was a member of the council of Leubsdorf from 1956 to 1960, and a member of the district council of Landkreis Neuwied from 1956 to 1971.

Heinz Schwarz was elected to the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1959, where he served as deputy president of the CDU from 1967 to 1971, and as president of the Innenausschuss.

Heinz Schwarz was elected to the national parliament, Bundestag, in 1976 where he remained until 1990.

Heinz Schwarz was mayor of Bad Honningen from 1964 to 1971.

Heinz Schwarz's tenure ended when he was elected to the Bundestag, and he was succeeded by Kurt Bockmann.

Heinz Schwarz was married; the couple's son Stefan Heinz Schwarz became a politician.

Heinz Schwarz was the last living member of the 1959 Landtag.

Heinz Schwarz donated a memorial monument at the Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, where he had served as Luftwaffenhelfer.