Heinrich Lübke
President of West Germany from 1959 to 1969 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Karl Heinrich Lübke (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈlʏpkə] ⓘ; 14 October 1894 – 6 April 1972) was a German politician, who served as president of West Germany from 1959 to 1969.
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Heinrich Lübke | |
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President of Germany West Germany | |
In office 13 September 1959 – 30 June 1969 | |
Chancellor | Konrad Adenauer Ludwig Erhard Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Preceded by | Theodor Heuss |
Succeeded by | Gustav Heinemann |
Federal Minister of Food, Agriculture and Forestry | |
In office 20 October 1953 – 15 September 1959 | |
Chancellor | Konrad Adenauer |
Preceded by | Wilhelm Niklas |
Succeeded by | Werner Schwarz |
Member of the Bundestag | |
In office 6 September 1953 – 2 September 1959 | |
Preceded by | Franz Etzel |
Succeeded by | Arnold Verhoeven |
Constituency | Rees – Dinslaken |
In office 14 August 1949 – 19 November 1950 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Ernst Majonica |
Constituency | Arnsberg – Soest |
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
In office 6 January 1947 – 1 January 1953 | |
Preceded by | Hermann Heukamp |
Succeeded by | Johannes Peters |
Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
In office 1946 – 6 March 1954 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Karl Heinrich Lübke (1894-10-14)14 October 1894 Enkhausen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
Died | 6 April 1972(1972-04-06) (aged 77) Bonn, West Germany |
Political party | Centre Party (Zentrumspartei) (1930–1933)Christian Democratic Union (1945–1972) |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | German Empire (1914–1918) Weimar Republic (1918) Nazi Germany |
Branch/service | Imperial German Army German Army |
Rank | Captain in the reserve |
Battles/wars | World War I |
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He suffered from deteriorating health towards the end of his career and is known for a series of embarrassing incidents that may have resulted from his health issues. Lübke resigned three months before the scheduled end of his second term amid a scandal as to his involvement with the Nazi regime during World War II.