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German politician (1892–1975) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anton Storch (1 April 1892 – 26 November 1975) was a German trade unionist, politician, a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the minister of labor from 1949 to 1957.[1]
Anton Storch | |
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| Federal Minister for Labour | |
| In office 20 September 1949 – 29 October 1957 | |
| Chancellor | Konrad Adenauer |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Theodor Blank |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 7 September 1949 – 19 October 1965 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1892 Fulda, German Empire |
| Died | 26 November 1975 (aged 83) Fulda, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
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Storch was born in Fulda, Hesse, in 1892.[2] He was trained as a carpenter and served in World War I.[2]
Storch was the functionary of Woodworker's Christian Trade Union from 1920 to 1933, trade union chairman of Hanover region from 1931 to 1933 and insurance agent until 1939.[2] From 1939 to 1945 he served as a member of air raid police.[2] He contributed to the reestablishment of the trade unions in Hanover (British Zone) in 1945 and 1946.[2] From 1946 to 1948, he served as the chief of department for social policy of British Zone trade unions.[3] He became a member of Bizonal Economic Council in 1947 and was named its director of labor in 1948.[2] He was the director of the workers' union (Verwaltung für Arbeit (VfA)) until 1949.[4]
He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)[5] and one of the CDU representatives in the Bundestag.[2] He became a member of the Bundestag in 1949 and served there until 1965.[6] In the party he served at the social affairs committee.[7] Then he was appointed minister of labor and social affairs to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Konrad Adenauer on 20 September 1949.[4] He was in office until 29 October 1957[8] when Theodor Blank replaced him in the post.
Storch was an advocate of "far-reaching social welfare programme"[7] and of Catholic political economy.[9] He argued that the reason for two world wars was the "exaggerated liberal-capitalistic economic order of the last one hundred years."[6]
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