Bruno Heck | |
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Heck in 1968 | |
Minister of Family Affairs and Youth | |
In office 13 December 1962 – 1 October 1968 | |
Chancellor | Konrad Adenauer Ludwig Erhard Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Preceded by | Franz-Josef Wuermeling |
Succeeded by | Aenne Brauksiepe |
Minister of Housing and Urban Development | |
In office 8 November 1966 – 1 December 1966 | |
Chancellor | Ludwig Erhard |
Preceded by | Ewald Bucher |
Succeeded by | Lauritz Lauritzen |
Personal details | |
Born | (1917-01-20)20 January 1917 Aalen, Germany |
Died | 16 September 1989(1989-09-16) (aged 72) Blaubeuren, West Germany |
Political party | CDU |
Bruno Heck (20 January 1917 – 16 September 1989) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Heck was born into a poor Swabian catholic family. He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Tübingen. From 1957 to 1976 Heck was a member of the German Bundestag.
Heck was Minister of Family Affairs and Youth from 1962 to 1968. After the resignation of the FDP ministers in 1966, he additionally headed the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development for a short time.
Heck headed the Konrad Adenauer Foundation from 1968 to 1989. The Bruno Heck Science Prize, awarded biannually by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, was named in his honor.
References
- Ein konservativer Moralist Archived 4 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine, obituary in the German newspaper Die Zeit of 22 September 1989.
- "History of the Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth". Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- History of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
- Bruno Heck Science Prize Archived 3 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine at the website of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
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