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Oscar Schneider | |
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 Schneider in 2015 | |
| Born | (1927-06-03)3 June 1927 Bavaria, Germany |
| Died | 29 December 2024(2024-12-29) (aged 97) |
Oscar Schneider (3 June 1927 – 29 December 2024) was a German politician (CSU). From 1982 to 1989 he was Federal Minister forRegional Planning, Building andUrban Development.
Schneider was born on 3 June 1927 in Altenheideck inMiddle Franconia as the son of afarmer in a family of 10 children. In addition to thefarm, his father also owned atrucking company and aconcrete blockfactory.
Schneider died on 29 December 2024, at the age of 97.[1]
In 1944 he was called up to theReich Labour Service and theAir Force. The seventeen-year-old was wounded in theBattle of Berlin, but escaped towardsMagdeburg on 29 April 1945. After a shortAmerican captivity, he was able to return home.[2]
Schneider was a member of theCSU from 1953. From 1957 to 1991 he was a member of its state board. He was alsochairman of the CSU district association in Nuremberg-Fürth for many years. From 1956 he was a member of theNuremberg city council and chairman of the CSU parliamentary group from 1960 to 1969. From 1966 to 1970 he was also a member of theMiddle Franconian districtcouncil.[3] From 1969 to 1994 he was a member of the GermanBundestag.[3] Here he was chairman of the committee forregional planning,construction andurban development from 1972 to 1982. From 1991 to 1994 he wascultural policy spokesman for theCDU/CSU parliamentary group. Schneider was most recently elected to the German Bundestag via the Bavarian state list (12th electoral term in 1990).