About Irmgard Fuest
Lived 1903 – 1980 (aged 76). Irmgard Fuest was a German judge, politician and lawyer.
Irmgard Fuest (born Irmgard Scherer; September 6, 1903, in Münstermaifeld – June 22, 1980, in Neunkirchen) was a Saarland politician of the CVP / CDU and lawyer. She completed her legal traineeship at the Court of Appeals and passed her second state examination in 1931, then she worked as a judge at Brühl District Court and as a lawyer in Cologne. In 1935, she founded a law firm in Neunkirchen together with her husband Josef Fuest. She was the first woman to become a judicial councilor in the Federal Republic.
In 1975, Fuest was awarded the Saarland Order of Merit.
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German judge, politician and lawyer (1903-1980)
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Irmgard Fuest was born on 6 September 1903 in Münstermaifeld.
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Irmgard Fuest died on 22 June 1980 in Neunkirchen.
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Irmgard Fuest was a judge, politician and lawyer.
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