Bruno Heck
Appearance
Bruno Heck | |
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![]() Heck in 1968 | |
Federal Minister of Family Affairs and Youth | |
In office December 13, 1962 – October 1, 1968 | |
Preceded by | Franz-Josef Wuermeling |
Succeeded by | Aenne Brauksiepe |
Federal Minister of Housing and Urban Development | |
In office November 8, 1966 – December 1, 1966 | |
Preceded by | Ewald Bucher |
Succeeded by | Lauritz Lauritzen |
Personal details | |
Born | Aalen, Germany | January 20, 1917
Died | September 16, 1989 Blaubeuren, Germany | (aged 72)
Political party | Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) |
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Bruno Heck (January 20, 1917 in Aalen – September 16, 1989 in Blaubeuren) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Heck was born into a poor Swabian catholic family.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] The Bruno Heck Science Prize, awarded biannually by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, was named in his honor.[4]
References
- ^ Ein konservativer Moralist Archived June 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, obituary in the German newspaper Die Zeit of September 22, 1989.
- ^ History of the Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
- ^ History of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
- ^ Bruno Heck Science Prize Archived October 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at the website of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.