Adolf Cillien

Adolf Cillien
Candidate poster of Adolf Cilliens for the state election in Lower Saxony 1959
Member of the Bundestag
In office
6 October 1953 – 29 April 1960
Preceded byHeinrich-Wilhelm Ruhnke
Succeeded byElisabeth Vietje
ConstituencyHildesheim-Stadt und -Land
(1953–1957)
Stadt Hannover-Nord
(1957–1960)
Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony
In office
9 December 1946 – 30 April 1951
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byHans Schmidt
ConstituencyState list (1946–1947)
Burgdorf (1947–1951)
Personal details
BornAdolf Gustav Cillien
(1893-04-23)23 April 1893
Volksberg, France
Died29 April 1960(1960-04-29) (aged 67)
Hannover, Germany
PartyChristian Democratic Union
EducationUniversity of Strasbourg
University of Göttingen

Adolf Cillien (23 April 1893 – 29 April 1960) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.

Political career

Cillien became a member of the appointed Hannover Landtag on 23 August 1946 until 29 October 1946. There he was chairman of the CDU state parliament faction as well as chairman of the committee for popular education, art and science. Between 9 December 1946 and 23 March 1947, he was a member of the appointed Lower Saxony State Parliament and subsequently became a member of the Lower Saxony State Parliament in the first legislative period between 20 April 1947 and 30 April 1951. There he became chairman of the CDU parliamentary group and later chairman of the DP/CDU parliamentary group (since 28 March 1951). On 9 May 1947 he was elected chairman of the Culture Committee.

Cillien was a member of the German Bundestag from 1953 until his death. He was directly elected in the constituency of Hildesheim-Stadt und -Land in 1953 and in the constituency of Stadt Hannover-Nord in 1957. During his parliamentary term, he was deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group throughout.

Literature

Herbst, Ludolf; Jahn, Bruno (2002). Vierhaus, Rudolf (ed.). Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002 [Biographical Handbook of the Members of the German Bundestag. 1949–2002] (in German). München: De Gruyter - De Gruyter Saur. p. 1715. ISBN 978-3-11-184511-1.

References

  1. ↑ "Die Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages - 1.-13. Wahlperiode: Alphabetisches Gesamtverzeichnis; Stand: 28. Februar 1998" [The members of the German Bundestag - 1st - 13th term of office: Alphabetical complete index] (PDF). webarchiv.bundestag.de (in German). Deutscher Bundestag, Wissenschaftliche Dienste des Bundestages (WD 3/ZI 5). 28 February 1998. Retrieved 21 May 2020.