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Senator Richard Becker (German Politican and Businessman)

Life
Becker went to grammar school in Saarbrücken and Brilon, he also briefly went to business school in Freiburg. Thereafter Becker completed his education with a vocational training in business studies and and started working in the family business in 1905 after doing military service.

During WW1 he served as a first lieutenant and battery commander. In 1919 he added his signature to a petition to Woodrow Wilson after he became involved in the campaign to reunify the Saarland with Germany. In 1920 he became the delegate to represent the Saar area in the Leage of Nations. He was elected to the State Parliament as a deputy of the Center Party for every legislative period from 1922-1935. As a result of his active participation in the Saar reunification of 1935 he was given the post of a councillor of the city of Saarbrücken, a post he held until 1945. In 1936 he became a member of the NSDAP.

After WW2 joined the Democratic Saar Party (DPS) and was one of their first elected representatives in 1950. The DPS was shortly banned in 1951 due to it's policy of supporting German reunification. Becker businesses were boycotted forcing him to give up is business responsibilities.