Oskar Wacker
German politician (1898-1972)
Oskar Wacker (20 October 1898 – 26 August 1972) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.
Life
In 1946, he was a member of the constituent state assembly in Württemberg-Baden and was subsequently a member of the state parliament until 1950. He was a member of the German Bundestag from its first election in 1949 to 1957. In parliament he represented the constituency of Tauberbischofsheim.
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.
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