Jürgen Warnke

Jürgen Warnke
Minister of Economic Cooperation
In office
21 April 1989 – 18 January 1991
ChancellorHelmut Kohl
Preceded byHans Klein
Succeeded byCarl-Dieter Spranger
Minister of Transport
In office
12 March 1987 – 21 April 1989
ChancellorHelmut Kohl
Preceded byWerner Dollinger
Succeeded byFriedrich Zimmermann
Minister of Economic Cooperation
In office
4 October 1982 – 11 March 1987
ChancellorHelmut Kohl
Preceded byRainer Offergeld
Succeeded byHans Klein
Personal details
BornJürgen Walter Franz Karl Warnke
20 March 1932
Berlin, Weimar Germany
Died27 April 2013(2013-04-27) (aged 81)
Selb, Germany
Resting placeSelb
PartyChristian Social Union (CSU)
Children6

Jürgen Warnke (20 March 1932 – 27 April 2013) was a German lawyer and politician who served in various capacities at the Bundestag and German cabinets.

Early life and education

Warnke was born in Berlin on 20 March 1932.[1] His family were from Mecklenburg, and in 1945 settled in Upper Franconia. His father was a jurist and served as the chief executive of the association of ceramic industry.[2]

He studied law and economics[2] and held a PhD.[3]

Career

Warnke, a lawyer by profession, was a member of the Christian Social Union.[4] He was a member of the Bavarian Parliament from 1962 to 1970.[5] He entered the Bundestag in 1969[2] and represented the Hof district from 1983 to 1998. He served as a cabinet member in the governments led by the Prime Minister Helmut Kohl between 1982 and 1991.[5] Warnke was first appointed minister of economic cooperation in 1982 and was in office until 1987.[1] Then he became the minister of transport which he held from 1987 to 1989.[1] Lastly he was reappointed minister of economic cooperation in a cabinet reshuffle in April 1989.[6] His term ended in 1991.[1] In 1998 he retired from politics.[5]

He was also the managing director of the Bavarian chemical industry association and then the chief executive of the association of ceramic industry.[5] In addition, he was on the council of the Evangelical Church of Germany.[7][8]

Personal life and death

Warnke was married and had six children.[7] He began to live in Dagebüll on the North Sea after retiring from politics.[3]

He died at the age of 81 in Selb on 27 April 2013.[2][5] A funeral service for him was held in St. Andrew's Church in Selb with the attendance of German politicians and family members.[8]

Honors

Warnke was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.[8]

Foreign honor

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Jürgen Warnke gestorben". Das Parliament (in German). Retrieved 13 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ a b c d "Jürgen Warnke". Der Spiegel (in German). No. 19. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Dr. Jürgen Warnke im Alter von 81 Jahren verstorben". CSU (in German). 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  4. ^ Heinrich August Winkler (2007). Germany: 1933-1990. Vol. 2. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. p. 367. ISBN 978-0-19-926598-5.
  5. ^ a b c d e "CSU: Ex-Minister Warnke ist tot". Der Spiegel. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  6. ^ Carol J. Williams (13 April 1989). "Defense Minister Fired in Cabinet Shake-Up; Eight Posts Changed". AP. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Ex-Politiker und Selber Ehrenbürger Dr. Jürgen Warnke verstorben". Selb Live (in German). 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  8. ^ a b c Von Herbert Scharf (11 May 2013). "Letztes Geleit für Jürgen Warnke (Funeral of Jürgen Warnke)". Frankenpost (in German). Selb. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
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