Hans Mühlenfeld | |
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Ambassador Mühlenfeld (left) being received byQueen Juliana of the Netherlands, 12 May 1953. | |
| Ambassador of Germany to Australia | |
| In office August 1958 – September 1962 | |
| Preceded by | Walther Hess |
| Succeeded by | Joachim Ritter |
| Lower Saxony Minister of Culture | |
| In office 12 June 1963 – 24 April 1965 | |
| Prime Minister | Georg Diederichs |
| Preceded by | Richard Voigt |
| Succeeded by | Richard Langeheine |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 7 September 1949 – 15 May 1953 | |
| Constituency | Lower Saxony List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1901-09-11)11 September 1901 |
| Died | 14 October 1969(1969-10-14) (aged 68) |
| Political party | DP (1947–1960) FDP (1960–1967) |
Hans Mühlenfeld (11 September 1901 – 14 October 1969) was a German politician and diplomat who served as the secondAmbassador to Australia and Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Born inHanover,Prussia, on 11 September 1901, after school education Mühlenfeld studied law and political science at theUniversity of Göttingen where he was granted hisdoctor of law. In the summer semester of 1929 he became member ofBurschenschaft Hannovera (fraternity). After passing his state examination, he worked as a corporate lawyer.
After the war in 1945, Mühlenfeld was a co-founder and from 1950 deputy chairman of theGerman Party (DP). In 1947 he was elected as a member of theLandtag of Lower Saxony and in 1949 Mühlenfeld was elected on the Lower Saxony List of the German Party in the firstBundestag. As parliamentary Group Vice Chairman, in September 1950 Mühlenfeld took over as Parliamentary Chairman of the German party after the death ofFriedrich 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 succeedWalther Hess asAmbassador to Australia, where he served until 1962.[2] As Ambassador he facilitated a donation of 1000 modern German books to theNational 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 ofGeorg Diederichs as Minister of Culture.[4]
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Chairman of the Bundestag Group of theGerman Party 1950–1953 | Succeeded by |
| Diplomatic posts | ||
| Preceded by | Ambassador of Germany to the Netherlands 1953–1958 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Ambassador of Germany to Australia 1958–1962 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Lower Saxony Minister of Culture 1963–1965 | Succeeded by |