Paul Lücke | |
Office: | Federal Minister of the Interior |
Term Start: | 26 October 1965 |
Term End: | 2 April 1968 |
Predecessor: | Hermann Höcherl |
Successor: | Ernst Benda |
Office2: | Member of the Bundestag |
Term Start2: | 7 September 1949 |
Term End2: | 22 September 1972 |
Birth Date: | 13 November 1914 |
Birth Place: | Schönborn, Rhine Province |
Nationality: | German |
Party: | Christian Democratic Union |
Profession: | Civil servant |
Paul Lücke (13 November 1914 – 10 August 1976) was a German politician and civil servant. He served as Germany's Federal Minister of the Interior from 1965–1968.[1]
Lücke was a member of the Christian Democratic Union since the party's foundation in 1945. In the 1949 election, he gained a seat in the inaugural Bundestag, which he held until 1972. Following the 1965 election, Lücke was appointed Minister of the Interior by Ludwig Erhard.