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Wilderich Freiherr Ostman von der Leye

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Nationality
  
German

Name
  
Wilderich Ostman

Role
  
Politician


Born
  
June 4, 1923 Bonn, Germany (
1923-06-04
)

Political party
  
Social Democratic Party of Germany

Died
  
May 30, 1990, Bremen, Germany

Party
  
Social Democratic Party of Germany

Wilderich Freiherr Ostman von der Leye (4 June 1923 – 30 May 1990) was a German SPD politician.

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Life and career

Wilderich Freiherr Ostman von der Leye belonged to the Westphalian Ostman von der Leye family. After matriculation, he was a marine from 1941 to 1945. After the War, he studied Law and Medicine from 1946 to 1954. After that, he was a partner in a number of publishing houses.

Political career

Ostman von der Leye joined the SPD in 1957. From 1964 to 1973 he was on the Bonn city council. At the West German federal election, 1969 he stood for election and was elected on the party list. He was re-elected in 1972 and remained a member of the Bundestag until the end of the session in 1976. In the Bundestag he sat on the special committee for criminal law reform.

He remained in politics until his death in 1990.

References

Wilderich Freiherr Ostman von der Leye Wikipedia