Theodor Teriete

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Theodor Teriete (born August 9, 1907 in Rhede ; † February 15, 1971 in Bocholt ) was a German trade unionist and politician ( center , later CDU ).

Life and work

Theodor Teriete was born on August 9, 1907 in Rhede. After attending primary school in his hometown, he completed an apprenticeship and worked as a weaver from 1922 to 1936. In 1929/30 he trained at the Catholic-Social Adult Education Center Seehof in Kochel , Upper Bavaria , and worked as a warehouse foreman from 1936 to 1945. In addition, since 1931 he acted as district leader of the Catholic youth workers and was active as a board member in the Catholic workers 'association and the Christian textile workers' association .

Teriete worked since 1945 as an employee at an authority. He continued to represent union interests, was active as union secretary in 1948 and was chairman of the DGB district committee in Bocholt-Borken from 1948 to 1958 . From 1958 he was the first chairman of the Christian Textile, Clothing and Leather Workers' Association of Germany (CTBLV). In 1959 he became the managing director of the General Association of the Christian Union of Germany (CGD) and had been its chairman since 1962. In addition, he was a board member of the Christian Trade Union Confederation of Germany (CGB) since 1959 . Theodor Teriete was married and had ten children.


Teriete joined the Center Party in 1932 and in 1933 was a member of the Rhede office as well as a member of the Borken district council .

After the Second World War , Teriete participated in the establishment of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Rhede. From 1948 to 1951 he was chairman of the CDU district association Borken. Since 1948 he was again a member of the Rheder office and was again a member of the district council of the Borken district from 1948 to 1960, now as chairman of the CDU parliamentary group. In the federal election in 1953 he was elected to the German Bundestag , to which he belonged until 1969. He was always drawn into parliament via the state list of North Rhine-Westphalia . Teriete was a member of the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Forestry in the second legislative term and of the Committee on Petitions in the second and third. From the third to the fifth legislative period he was a full member of the Social Committee.