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Hans Katzer
Katzer in 1981 at the 30th Federal Party Congress of the CDU
Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
(West Germany)
In office
26 October 1965 (1965-10-26) – 29 October 1969 (1969-10-29)
ChancellorLudwig Erhard
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Preceded byTheodor Blank
Succeeded byWalter Arendt
Member of the Bundestag
for Cologne III
In office
15 October 1957 (1957-10-15) – 4 November 1980 (1980-11-04)
Preceded byJohannes Albers
Succeeded byAenne Brauksiepe
Personal details
Born(1919-01-31)31 January 1919
Cologne, Free State of Prussia, German Reich
Died18 July 1996(1996-07-18) (aged 77)
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Political partyChristian Democratic Union
Spouse Elisabeth Kaiser
​ ​(m. 1949)
Children1
Military service
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Branch/service German Army
Years of service1939-1945
RankLeutnant

Hans Katzer (31 January 1919 – 18 July 1996) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs of West Germany from 1965 to 1969 under Ludwig Erhard and Kurt Georg Kiesinger. During his time as minister, he helped improve war victims' pensions and helped pass the Employment Promotion Act in 1969 (Arbeitsförderungsgesetz), which was meant to upskill workers in addition to creating the Federal Institute of Labour. It was replaced in 1997 with the Third Book of the Social Code upon the implementation of the Employment Promotion Reform Act.

He was also a Member of the Bundestag for Cologne III from 1957 to 1980.

Early life

Political career

Member of Bundestag

Minister for Labour and Social Affairs

Personal life

Katzer's grave at Melaten cemetery

Honours and awards

On 19 January 1973, he was awarded the Grand Cross with Star and Sash on behalf of then President of West Germany, Gustav Heinemann. In 1987 he was awarded the Hans Böckler Prize, which was organized by the German Trade Union Confederation, and in 1988 he received the Ludger Westrick Prize. In 1989 he was awarded with the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia by Johannes Rau.

References

  1. "Verleihungsurkunde - 1973". www.kas.de. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  2. "Personen". www.bundeskanzler-helmut-kohl.de (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  3. "Verleihungsurkunde - 1989". www.kas.de. Retrieved 4 January 2025.

See also

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