Bruno Heck

Bruno Heck (20 January 1917 – 16 September 1989) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Bruno Heck
Heck in 1968
Minister of Family Affairs and Youth
In office 13 December 1962 – 1 October 1968
Chancellor	Konrad Adenauer Ludwig Erhard Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Preceded by	Franz-Josef Wuermeling
Succeeded by	Aenne Brauksiepe
Minister of Housing and Urban Development
In office 8 November 1966 – 1 December 1966
Chancellor	Ludwig Erhard
Preceded by	Ewald Bucher
Succeeded by	Lauritz Lauritzen
Personal details
Born	(1917-01-20)20 January 1917 Aalen, Germany
Died	16 September 1989(1989-09-16) (aged 72) Blaubeuren, West Germany
Political party	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]

References

1. Ein konservativer Moralist Archived 4 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine, obituary in the German newspaper Die Zeit of 22 September 1989.
2. "History of the Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth". Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
3. History of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
4. Bruno Heck Science Prize Archived 3 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine at the website of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.