Bruno Heck

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Bruno Heck
Bruno Heck.jpg
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 (1917-01-20)January 20, 1917
Aalen, Germany
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Blaubeuren, Germany
Nationality German
Political party Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
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Bruno Heck 1971

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

  1. Ein konservativer Moralist, obituary in the German newspaper Die Zeit of September 22, 1989.
  2. History of the Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
  3. History of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
  4. Bruno Heck Science Prize at the website of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.