Ursula Pistorius

Pistorius first went to grade school and later to a secondary school and a comprehensive school until 1949.[2] In that same year her family moved to West Germany. In 1952 she got her Abitur at the catholic girls school Angelaschule in Osnabrück.[2]

She worked in a publishing company since 1952 and joined the Trade, Banking and Insurance Union in 1953. She quit her job after giving birth to her first son in 1956.

Ursula Pistorius became a member of the SPD in 1970. She served on the City Council of Osnarbrück from 1972 to 1996. She was a member of various committees during her tenure[2][3]

She represented the Constituency Osnarbrück-East from the 9th to the 11th legislative period of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. She won her constituency directly (Direktmandat)[lower-alpha 1] in the elections of 1978, 1982 and 1986 respectively. She served as deputy chairwoman of the SPD parliamentry caucus in the Landtag from 21 June 1986 to 20 June 1990.[4][3]

She married Ludwig Pistorius (1923-2009) with whom she had three sons born in 1956, 1960 and 1962 respectively. She quit her job after giving birth to her first son.[2] Pistorius' second son is Boris Pistorius, a SPD-politician who served as Lord Mayor of Osnarbrück and is the current Federal Minister of Defence since 19 January 2023.[5][4]

After her retirement she started a Seniorenstudium (senior studies) and travelled through eastern Europe. In 2015 she died at the age of 82 following a short, heavy illness.[6]

• Barbara Simon: Abgeordnete in Niedersachsen 1946–1994. Biographisches Handbuch. Hrsg. vom Präsidenten des Niedersächsischen Landtages. Niedersächsischer Landtag [Members of the Landtag in Lower Saxony 1946-1994 Biographical Handbook, Ed. President of the Landtag of Lower Saxony] Hannover 1996, S. 292.