Heinrich Lübke (1959 - 1969)
17 May 2011
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| Date | Biography |
|---|---|
| 1894 | Born on 14 October in Enkhausen, Arnsberg district |
| 1913 | Higher education entrance qualification |
| after 1918 | Read economics, administrative law, as well as land and settlement law in Berlin and Münster |
| 1921 | Qualified in land surveillance and agricultural engineering |
| from 1923 | Worked in the organization of agriculture |
| 1926-1933 | Director of the Deutsche Bauernschaft (German Farmers Federation) |
| 1931 | Representative of the Centre in the Prussian Land parliament |
| 1933-1935 | Dismissed from all offices, followed soon after by the instigation of an investigation into corruption under the system, 20 months' (political) detention |
| 1945 | Joined the CDU |
| 1946 | Entered the Land parliament for Westphalia |
| 1947 | Minister of Food, Agriculture and Forestry of North-Rhine/Westphalia |
| 1949 | Member of the German Bundestag and chairman of the Agricultural Policy Committee; gave up his seat in October 1950 |
| 1952 | Resigned as Food Minister of North-Rhine/Westphalia on 18 December |
| 1953 | Temporarily held the post of general attorney of the Raiffeisen Association in Bonn |
| 1953 | Re-elected to the Bundestag |
| 1953 | Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Forestry |
| 1957 | Awarded the Grand Cross of the Federal Order of Merit |
| 1959-1969 | Federal President |
| 1972 | Heinrich Lübke died on 6 April. |
Heinrich Lübke was Roman Catholic. He was married to Wilhelmine Lübke née Keuthen.
