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]