Friedrich Thielen
German politician (1916–1993)
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Friedrich-Georg "Fritz" Thielen (25 September 1916 – 11 June 1993) was a German politician with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the German Party, the Gesamtdeutsche Partei and the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD).
Friedrich Thielen | |
|---|---|
| President of the NPD | |
| In office 1964–1967 | |
| Succeeded by | Adolf von Thadden |
| Deputy of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen | |
| In office 13 October 1947 – August 1959 | |
| Constituency | Bremen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 September 1916 |
| Died | 11 June 1993 (aged 76) Bremen, Germany |
| Party | Christian Democratic Union (1946–1959) German Party (1959–1961) All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights (1962–1964) National Democratic Party (1964–1967) National People's Party (1967) German Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
Thielen was born in Bremen and after working as a sawmill operator in Germany and in brickyards in occupied Ukraine, Thielen became a soldier in 1943 until the end of World War II. After the war he became a successful businessman in the building trade in Bremen.[1]
He joined the CDU in 1946 and became a leading figure locally before decamping to join the German Party in 1958, becoming one of its leading figures.[2] In this capacity he merged his party into the newly formed NPD and became the first leader of the party.[2] Replaced by Adolf von Thadden in 1967 he left the NPD and reactivated the German Party locally, with little success.