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Gerold Benz
Gerold Benz' announcement poster for the 1976 federal election
Member of the Bundestag from Baden-Württemberg
In office 13 December 1972 – 4 November 1980
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Peter Corterier
Constituency	State list (1972–1976) Karlsruhe (1976–1980)
Personal details
Born	(1921-05-02)2 May 1921 Offenburg, Germany
Died	23 July 1987(1987-07-23) (aged 66) Karlsruhe, West Germany
Party	Christian Democratic Union
Education	University of Freiburg

Gerold Benz (2 May 1921 – 23 July 1987) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.

Life

In 1972 he was elected to the German Bundestag via the state list of the CDU in Baden-Württemberg. There he was a full member of the Committee for Research and Technology and for Post and Telecommunications. He was directly elected to the Bundestag in the 1976 federal election in constituency 178 (Karlsruhe). He was a full member of the Committee for Research and Technology from 1976 to 1980. He was also a deputy member of the Committee on Home Affairs in both legislative periods.

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.