[1] Tobaben was a member of the German Bundestag during its first legislative period (1949-1953) and again from 1957 to 1972.
From 6 May 1955 to 31 October 1957 he was a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament.
Tobaben entered the Bundestag in 1949 via the Lower Saxony state list and from 1957 as a directly elected member of parliament for the Stade - Bremervörde constituency and from 1965 for the Stade constituency.
Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages.
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