Bruno Heck Explained

Bruno Heck
Office:Minister of Family Affairs and Youth
Term Start:13 December 1962
Term End:1 October 1968
Chancellor:Konrad Adenauer
Ludwig Erhard
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Predecessor:Franz-Josef Wuermeling
Successor:Aenne Brauksiepe
Office2:Minister of Housing and Urban Development
Term Start2:8 November 1966
Term End2:1 December 1966
Chancellor2:Ludwig Erhard
Predecessor2:Ewald Bucher
Successor2:Lauritz Lauritzen
Birth Date:20 January 1917
Birth Place:Aalen, Germany
Nationality:German
Death Place:Blaubeuren, West Germany
Party:CDU

Bruno Heck (20 January 1917 – 16 September 1989) 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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.zeit.de/1989/39/Ein-konservativer-Moralist Ein konservativer Moralist
  2. Web site: History of the Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. . 28 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090401190523/http://www.bmfsfj.de/bmfsfj/generator/BMFSFJ/Ministerium/geschichte.html . 1 April 2009 . dead .
  3. http://www.kas.de/wf/de/71.3716/ History of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
  4. http://www.kas.de/wf/de/71.3814/ Bruno Heck Science Prize