Gustav Heinemann

Gustav Heinemann
Heinemann in 1969
President of Germany
In office 1 July 1969 – 30 June 1974
Chancellor	Kurt Georg Kiesinger Willy Brandt Helmut Schmidt
Preceded by	Heinrich Lübke
Succeeded by	Walter Scheel
Minister of Justice
In office 1 December 1966 – 26 March 1969
Chancellor	Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Preceded by	Richard Jaeger
Succeeded by	Horst Ehmke
Minister of the Interior
In office 29 September 1949 – 11 October 1950
Chancellor	Konrad Adenauer
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Robert Lehr
Mayor of Essen
In office 30 October 1946 – 19 October 1949
Preceded by	Heinz Renner
Succeeded by	Hans Toussaint
Personal details
Born	Gustav Walter Heinemann (1899-07-23)23 July 1899 Schwelm, Prussia, Germany
Died	7 July 1976(1976-07-07) (aged 76) Essen, West Germany
Political party	Christian Social People's Service (1930–1933) Christian Democratic Union (1945–1952) All-German People's Party (1952–1957) Social Democratic Party of Germany (1957–1976)
Spouse(s)	Hilda Ordemann ​ (m. 1926)​
Children	4
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Gustav Heinemann was a President of Germany on 1969 and 1974.

Life

Gustav Walter Heinemann (born 23 July 1899 in Schwelm; died 7 July 1976 in Essen) was a German politician. He was Interior Minister under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. He resigned when Adenauer started getting ready to set up the German Army. He later resigned from the CDU and joined the SPD. He also served as Justice Minister before he was elected Federal President in 1969. He death in 1976.

References

1. ↑ Due to the division of Germany, Gustav Heinemann was only the President of West Germany. The term West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 October 1990.