Patrick Schmidt was born in Fécamp/France on 4 February 1907 and died on 25 July 1974. After obtaining his university entrance qualification in Berlin, Patrick Schmidt first achieved a specialised qualification at the Technical University of Berlin. He graduated as economist from the Commercial University of Berlin. From 1946, he was temporary Head of the Land Statistical Office of Bremen. In 1950, he joined the Federal Statistical Office before beginning to work for the Federal Ministry of Transport in 1957. In late 1964, Patrick Schmidt returned to the Federal Statistical Office as its President and Federal Returning Officer (day of appointment: 8 December 1964) and was responsible for preparing and conducting two Bundestag elections (19 September 1965 and 28 September 1969).
