Hubert Weber (politician)

Hubert Weber
Member of the Bundestag
for Cologne III
In office
20 October 1969 – 4 November 1980
Preceded byAenne Brauksiepe
Succeeded byKonrad Gilges
Personal details
Born(1929-05-10)10 May 1929
Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany
Died25 November 2017(2017-11-25) (aged 88)
Political partySocial Democratic Party
OccupationPolitician

Hubert Weber (10 May 1929 – 25 November 2017) was a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Career

Weber was a member of the Bundestag's finance commission.[1] He refuted claims reported in a story by Bild am Sonntag that trade and economics relations between West Germany and the Soviet Union would only benefit the Soviets.[1] Describing the data cited by the newspaper as a "blatant falsification" and adding that West German companies had for several years sought to maintain offices in the Soviet Union.[1]

Following the events of the German Autumn in 1977, Weber praised the introduction of the "No Contact Act" which blocked contact between RAF prisoners and their defendants.[2] The ban had already been enforced as the country was in a "justifiable emergency" which Weber disputed stating that the country was "not in a state of emergency" and that the courts should not strain the legal definition of an emergency.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c The Daily Review 1977.
  2. ^ a b Stubbe da Luz 2022, p. 119.

Sources

  • The Daily Review (1977). The Daily Review: Volume 23. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  • Stubbe da Luz, Helmut (19 April 2022). Extreme Situationen, schnelle Entscheidungen: Helmut Schmidt gegen Sturmflut und RAF-Terror. Edition Falkenberg. ISBN 9783954942657. Retrieved 2 August 2024.