1. Karl Arnold was Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1947 to 1956.
10 Facts About Karl Arnold
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Karl Arnold was trained as a shoemaker and later studied at the Soziale Hochschule Leohaus, Munich.
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From 1920 onwards, Karl Arnold worked as functionary of the movement of Christian workers.
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Karl Arnold was elected in the town council of Dusseldorf for the Centre Party in 1929.
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In 1933, Karl Arnold was co-owner of a sanitary installation shop in Dusseldorf.
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On 29 January 1946 Karl Arnold was named mayor of Dusseldorf and later elected in the first free elections.
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In December 1946, Karl Arnold became deputy minister-president of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and in 1947 he was elected minister-president.
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From 1950 to 1956, Karl Arnold was elected minister-president for North Rhine-Westphalia twice again, governing with the help of conservative parties and the Free Democrats.
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Karl Arnold was member of the Bundestag until 29 June 1958, when he died of a heart attack.
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Karl Arnold was a Catholic and a member of the German branch of the lay Catholic organization Catholic Action.