# Franz Mader

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**Franz Mader** (28 January 1912 Mitteldorf – 24 October 1988 Bielefeld) was a German politician and colonel in the Wehrmacht. He sat for the FDP and later the CDU in the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1967 to 1980.

During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Mader served with the German Army (Heer) and was awarded the [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross) and the [German Cross in Gold](/source/German_Cross_in_Gold). He reached the rank of colonel.[1]

Post-War, Mader became involved in politics first with the Free Democratic Party (FDU) which he joined in 1956. and was a deputy in [Bielefeld](/source/Bielefeld)'s council for over two decades. In 1967 he became a member of the Landtag of [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia) and was re-elected in 1970 for the Ostwestfalen-Lippe district. In June 1970, along with [Erich Mende](/source/Erich_Mende), he was one of the co-founders of the National Liberal Action. This faction demanded that [Walter Scheel](/source/Walter_Scheel) be voted out of office as FDP federal chairman due to his support for [Ostpolitik](/source/Ostpolitik) of the ruling coalition.[2] After Scheel's confirmation at the FDU party conference, Mader and the NLA left the FDP and on 1 December 1971, he joined the [Christian Democratic Union of Germany](/source/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany) (CDU). In the 1975 state elections, Mader won the constituency of Bielefeld-Stadt. It was the only time that the CDU was able to win this constituency. In 1980 he did not stand for re-election to the state parliament.[3]

## Bibliography

Scherzer, Veit (2007). *Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives* [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

## Citations

1. Scherzer 2007 p.522

1. [Der Spiegel: *Rücken zur Wand*, 26/1970](http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-45197095.html)

1. [Biography on the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia website](https://www.landtag.nrw.de/home/der-landtag/abgeordnete-und--fraktionen/die-abgeordneten/ehemalige-abgeordnete/abgeordnetendetail.html?k=00105)

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