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Franz Meyers
Born	Franz Josef Heinrich Georg Meyers 31 July 1908 Mönchengladbach
Died	27 January 2002 (aged 93) Mönchengladbach
Education	Doctor of Law
Alma mater	University of Cologne University of Freiburg
Occupation	Politician, lawyer (1935–), writer
Political party	Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Awards	honorary citizenship (Mönchengladbach, 1978)
Position held	member of the German Bundestag (1957–1958), member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (1950–1970), mayor (1952–1952), President of the German Bundesrat (1960–1961), Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia (1958–1966), substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1958–1958), interior minister (1952–1956)
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Franz Josef Heinrich Georg Meyers (31 July 1908 – 27 January 2002) was a German politician who served as the 4th Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 21 July 1958 to 8 December 1966. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he had previously served as mayor of Mönchengladbach in 1952 and as Minister of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1952 to 1956.

He was born and died in Mönchengladbach.

References

1. Marx, Stefan. "Franz Meyers". Internetportal Rheinische Geschichte. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

External links

Media related to Franz Meyers at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Minister-presidents of North Rhine-Westphalia
Rudolf Amelunxen Karl Arnold Fritz Steinhoff Franz Meyers Heinz Kühn Johannes Rau Wolfgang Clement Peer Steinbrück Jürgen Rüttgers Hannelore Kraft Armin Laschet Hendrik Wüst

v t e Presidents of the German Bundesrat
Karl Arnold Hans Ehard Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf Reinhold Maier Georg August Zinn Peter Altmeier Kai-Uwe von Hassel Kurt Sieveking Willy Brandt Wilhelm Kaisen Franz-Josef Röder Franz Meyers Kurt Georg Kiesinger Georg Diederichs Helmut Lemke Klaus Schütz Herbert Weichmann Franz-Josef Röder Hans Koschnick Heinz Kühn Alfons Goppel Hans Filbinger Alfred Kubel Albert Osswald Bernhard Vogel Gerhard Stoltenberg Dietrich Stobbe Hans-Ulrich Klose Werner Zeyer Johannes Rau Franz Josef Strauss Lothar Späth Ernst Albrecht Holger Börner Walter Wallmann Björn Engholm Walter Momper Henning Voscherau Alfred Gomolka Berndt Seite Oskar Lafontaine Klaus Wedemeier Edmund Stoiber Erwin Teufel Gerhard Schröder Hans Eichel Roland Koch Kurt Biedenkopf Kurt Beck Klaus Wowereit Wolfgang Böhmer Dieter Althaus Matthias Platzeck Peter Harry Carstensen Harald Ringstorff Ole von Beust Peter Müller Jens Böhrnsen Hannelore Kraft Horst Seehofer Winfried Kretschmann Stephan Weil Volker Bouffier Stanislaw Tillich Malu Dreyer Michael Müller Daniel Günther Dietmar Woidke Reiner Haseloff Bodo Ramelow Peter Tschentscher Manuela Schwesig Anke Rehlinger

v t e Members of the 3rd Bundestag (1957–1961)
President: Eugen Gerstenmaier (CDU)
CDU/CSU	v t e CDU and CSU Speaker: Heinrich Krone CDU: Ackermann Adelmann Adenauer Arndgen Arnold (until 29 June 1958) Baier Baldauf Balkenhol Bartels Barzel Bauknecht Bausch Becker Becker Benda Berberich Berendsen (until 15 September 1959) Berger Bergmeyer Birrenbach Bismarck Blank Bleyler Blöcker Blohm Bodelschwingh Böhm Brand Brauksiepe Brentano Brese Brökelschen Brönner (until 21 January 1958) Brück Brüns (from 26 October 1959 until 28 November 1960) Bucerius Bühler Burgbacher Burgemeister Caspers Cillien (until 29 April 1960) Conring Czaja Deringer Diebäcker Diel Draeger Dresbach Ehren Eichelbaum Elbrächter Engelbrecht-Greve Engländer Enk Eplée (from 8 September 1958) Erhard Etzel Etzenbach Even Even Finckh Franzen Frey Friedensburg Fritz Fritz Furler Gantenberg Gaßmann Gedat Gehring Gerns Gerstenmaier Gewandt Gibbert Giencke Glüsing Gockeln (until 6 December 1958) Goldhagen Gontrum Gossel Gottesleben Götz Gradl Günther Hackethal Hahn Hahne (from 7 December 1959) Harnischfeger Hauser (from 11 March 1960) Häussler Heck Heix Hellwig (until 30 November 1959) Hesberg Hesemann Heye Hilbert Höck Höfler Holla Hoogen Horn Hübner () Huth Huys Illerhaus Jahn Jordan Josten Kalinke Kanka Katzer Kiesinger (until 19 February 1959) Kirchhoff Kisters (from 21 September 1959) Klemmert Kliesing Knobloch Koch Kopf Kraft Krammig Kroll Krone Krüger (from 15 December 1958) Krüger Kühlthau Kunst Kuntscher Kunze (until 11 October 1959) Leicht Leiske Lemmer Lenz Lenze Leonhard Leverkuehn (until 1 March 1960) Lindeiner (from 8 September 1959) Lindenberg Lindrath (until 27 February 1960) Löhr Lübke (until 2 September 1959) Lücke Lulay (from 23 February 1959) Majonica Martin Maucher (from 30 January 1958) Maxsein Mayer Meis (from 2 July 1958) Mengelkamp Menke Mensing Merkatz Meyers (until 4 September 1958) Mick Muckermann Mühlenberg Müller-Hermann Müser Neuburger Nieberg Niggemeyer Oberländer Oetzel Pannhoff Pelster Pernoll (until 15 July 1959) Pferdmenges Pflaumbaum Philipp Pietscher Pitz-Savelsberg Preiß Preusker Probst Rasner Rehling Reinhard Reith Richarts Riedel Ripken (from 10 March 1958) Rollmann (from 7 March 1960) Rommerskirchen (from 12 December 1960) Rösch Rösing Rüdel Ruf Scharnberg Scheppmann Schild Schlick Schmidt Schmitt Schmücker Schneider (from 10 September 1958) Schneider Schröder Schulze-Pellengahr Schüttler Schwarz Schwarzhaupt Schwörer (from 21 October 1958) Seebohm Seffrin Serres Siebel Siemer Simpfendörfer Solke Spies Stauch Stecker Steinbiß Steinmetz Stingl Stoltenberg Storch Storm Storm Struve Teriete Tobaben Toussaint Varelmann Vehar Vietje (from 6 May 1960) Vogel Wahl Weber Weber Wehking Weimer Welter Wendelborn Werber Werner (from 24 July 1959) Wilhelmi Willeke Windelen Winkelheide Wittmer-Eigenbrodt Wolff (until 15 October 1958) Worms Wuermeling Wullenhaupt Zimmer CSU: Aigner Balke Bauer Bauereisen Besold Demmelmeier Dittrich Dollinger Drachsler Eckhardt (from 27 December 1957) Feury (until 10 December 1957) Franz Fuchs Funk Geiger Geisendörfer Gleissner Görgen Guttenberg Haniel-Niethammer Henckel (from 5 September 1959) Höcherl Jaeger Kemmer Kempfler Klausner (until 17 April 1958) Knorr Kramel Krug Kuchtner Lang Lermer Leukert (from 21 April 1958) Lücker Manteuffel-Szoege Memmel Meyer Niederalt Oesterle (until 31 August 1959) Probst Ruland Schäffer Schlee Schütz Seidl Spies Stiller Strauss Stücklen Sühler Unertl Vogt Wacher Weinkamm Wieninger Winter Wittmann Zimmermann
SPD	v t e SPD Speaker: Erich Ollenhauer Members: Albertz Albrecht (until 16 May 1958) Altmaier Altvater (from 22 September 1960) Arndt Auge Baade Bach (from 27 October 1959) Bading Bals Bärsch Bauer Bäumer Baur Bay (from 20 December 1960) Bazille Bechert Behrendt Bennemann Berger-Heise Bergmann Berkhan Berlin Bettgenhäuser Beyer Birkelbach Blachstein Bleiß Börner Brecht Bruse Büttner Conrad (until 20 July 1959) Corterier Cramer Deist Dewald Diekmann Diel (until 6 April 1959) Döhring Dopatka Dröscher Eilers Erler Eschmann Faller Felder Folger (from 19 May 1958) Franke Frede Frehsee Frenzel (until 4 November 1960) Geiger Geritzmann Gleisner (until 17 March 1959) Greve Gülich (until 15 April 1960) Haage Hamacher Hansing Harm (until 22 September 1961) Hauffe Heide Heiland Heinemann Heinrich (until 7 March 1959) Hellenbrock Herklotz Hermsdorf Herold Höcker Höhmann Höhne Hörauf Hubert Hufnagel Iven Jacobi Jacobs Jahn (until 10 July 1960) Jahn Jaksch Junghans Jungherz (from 19 January 1960) Jürgensen Kalbitzer Keilhack Kettig Keuning Killat (from 19 March 1959) Kipp-Kaule Koenen Könen Königswarter Korspeter Krappe Kraus Kreyssig Kriedemann Kühn Kurlbaum Lange Lantermann Lautenschlager (from 9 November 1960) Leber Lohmar Lücke Ludwig Lünenstraß Marx Mattick Matzner Mayer (until 14 December 1960) Meitmann Mellies (until 19 May 1958) Menzel Merten Metter Metzger Meyer Meyer Meyer-Laule Mommer Müller Müller Müller Munzinger (from 20 April 1959 until 1 October 1959) Nadig Nellen Neubauer Neumann Odenthal Ollenhauer Paul Peters Pohle Pöhler Prennel Priebe Pusch Pütz Rasch (until 15 September 1960) Ratzel (until 21 June 1960) Recktenwald (from 11 August 1959 until 20 October 1959) Regling Rehs Reitz Reitzner Renger Rimmelspacher (from 27 June 1960) Ritzel Rodiek (from 15 July 1960) Rohde Rudoll Ruhnke Schäfer Schanzenbach Scharnowski Schellenberg Scheuren (from 20 March 1959) Schliestedt (from 29 September 1961) Schmid Schmidt Schmidt Schmitt-Vockenhausen Schoettle Schreiner (until 31 August 1958) Schröder Schröter Schütz Seidel Seither Seppi (from 13 October 1959) Seuffert Seume Stenger Stierle Sträter Striebeck (from 27 May 1958) Strobel Tamblé (from 25 April 1960) Theil (from 6 March 1960) Theis Wagner Walpert (until 12 January 1960) Wegener Wehner Wehr (until 20 February 1960) Welke Welslau Weltner Wessel Wienand Wilhelm (from 5 September 1958) Wischnewski Wittrock Wolff Zühlke
FDP	v t e FDP Speaker: Erich Mende Members: Achenbach Atzenroth Becker (until 29 July 1960) Bucher Dahlgrün Dehler Diemer-Nicolaus Döring Dowidat Dürr Eberhard (from 4 November 1959) Eilers Eisenmann Friese-Korn Glahn (until 2 November 1959) Graaff (until 8 May 1959) Hoven Imle (from 29 June 1960) Keller Köhler (until 27 June 1960) Kohut Kreitmeyer Kühlmann-Stumm (from 8 August 1960) Kühn Lenz Logemann Lüders Margulies Mauk Mayer (until 30 September 1959) Mende Miessner (from 21 May 1959) Mischnick Mühlen (from 6 October 1959) Murr Rademacher Ramms Rutschke Sander Scheel Schneider Schultz Spitzmüller Stahl Stammberger Starke Walter Weber Will Zoglmann
OTHER	v t e Independent Members: Behrisch Kinat Matthes Schneider Schranz
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