Günter Henle

Günter Henle
Member of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
In office 16 July 1952 – 10 December 1953
Member of the Bundestag for Rhein-Wupper-Kreis
In office 7 September 1949 – 7 September 1953
Personal details
Born	(1899-02-03)3 February 1899 Würzburg, German Empire
Died	13 April 1979(1979-04-13) (aged 80) Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	CDU

Günter Henle, also known as Günther Henle (February 3, 1899 – April 13, 1979) was a German politician, pianist, and music publisher. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and of the German Bundestag. He founded the music publisher G. Henle Verlag.

Life

Henle also pursued a political career and was a member of the Frankfurt Economic Council from 1947 to 1949. He then belonged to the German Bundestag in its first legislative period (1949-1953) as a directly elected member of the Rhein-Wupper-Kreis constituency. From 1952 to 1953, he was also a member of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community in Strasbourg, the predecessor of the European Parliament.

Literature

• Herbst, Ludolf; Jahn, Bruno (2002). Vierhaus, Rudolf (ed.). Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002 [Biographical Handbook of the Members of the German Bundestag. 1949–2002] (in German). München: De Gruyter - De Gruyter Saur. p. 1715. ISBN 978-3-11-184511-1.