Franz-Josef Wuermeling was a West German CDU politician and minister who served as Federal Minister for Family Affairs from 1953 to 1962.
Occupation
politician
Position held
member of the German Bundestag, member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate, member of the German Bundestag, member of the German Bundestag
Citizenship
Germany
Born
November 8, 1900
Died
March 7, 1986
Overview
Franz-Josef Wuermeling (8 November 1900 - 7 March 1986) was a West German CDU politician and minister who served as Federal Minister for Family Affairs from 1953 to 1962.
Early life and education
Wuermeling was born in Charlottenburg, Berlin in 1900. His father, Bernhard, worked at the Reichsamt des Innern and the Reichsarbeitsamt, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Labour in the German Empire. Wuermeling attended school in Berlin and studied law and economics at Münster University, Hamburg University and Freiburg University. He served in the German Navy in the First World War.
Political career
Wuermeling was the mayor of Linz for a year in 1945 before being elected to the Rhineland Landtag (Parliament) where he served as a Secretary in the State Ministry of the Interior from 1947 to 1949. In the 1949 German federal election, Wuermeling was elected to the West German Bundestag.
Adenauer cabinet
