Josef Gockeln (18 March 1900 – 6 December 1958) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.

In 1945/46 he was chairman of the Program Commission of the Rhineland Regional Association.

Gockeln was a member of the German Bundestag from the first federal election in 1949 until his death.

Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages.

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