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.[1]
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.[2] Wuermeling attended school in Berlin and studied law and economics at Münster University, Hamburg University and Freiburg University.[3] He served in the German Navy in the First World War.[4]
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.[5] In the 1949 German federal election, Wuermeling was elected to the West German Bundestag.[4]
Adenauer cabinet
After the 1953 election, Wuermeling was appointed the first Federal Minister for Family Affairs.[6] Wuermeling would stay in the post through Adenauer's second, third and fourth ministries until December 1962.[7][8]
He introduced the so-called "Wuermeling pass" which enabled families with children to travel at a discounted price.[9]
Honours
Wuermeling received the following honours:[4]
National orders
International orders
See also
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- Aumer (from 8 September 1950 Non-attached)
- Baumgartner (until 1 January 1951)
- Besold (from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Decker
- Donhauser (from 8 September 1950 Non-attached, from 17 September 1952 CSU)
- Eichner (from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Etzel (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 3 December 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
- Falkner (until 27 October 1950)
- Fink (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 5 January 1952 CSU)
- Fürstenberg (from 7 November 1950 Non-attached, from 19 January 1951 CSU)
- Lampl (from 10 November 1950, from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Maerkl (from 1 September 1952)
- Mayerhofer (from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Meitinger (from 26 September 1951, from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Oettingen-Wallerstein (from 8 January 1951, from 14 December 1951 FU, until 1 September 1952)
- Parzinger (from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Rahn (from 14 January 1950, from 8 September 1950 Non-attached, from 17 October 1950 WAV-Gast, from 14 February 1951 CSU)
- Seelos (until 25 September 1951)
- Volkholz (from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Wartner (from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Ziegler (until 30 December 1949)
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- Bieganowski (from 21 March 1952, from 23 April 1952 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached)
- Fröhlich (from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached)
- Goetzendorff (from 29 March 1950 DRP-Gast, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached (DRP), from 29 April 1953 WAV)
- Keller (from 24 April 1952, from 6 December 1951 DP, Non-attached)
- Löfflad (from 6 December 1951 DP)
- Loritz (from 6 December 1951 Non-attached, from 29 April 1953 WAV)
- Paschek (from 29 March 1950 DRP-Gast, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached, from 30 January 1951 WAV, from 6 December 1951 DP, until 22 April 1952)
- Reindl (from 6 December 1951 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached, from 29 April 1953 WAV)
- Schmidt (from 6 December 1951 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached)
- Schuster (from 6 December 1951 DP)
- Tichi (from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached)
- Wallner (from 6 December 1951 DP/DPB, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached)
- Weickert (from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, until 16 March 1952)
- Wittmann (from 6 December 1951 DP, from 9 May 1952 Non-attached, from 5 July 1952 CDU/CSU-Gast)
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- Amelunxen (until 7 October 1949)
- Arnold (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 9 December 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
- Bertram (from 3 November 1949, from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Determann (from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Glasmeyer (from 23 November 1951 CDU)
- Hamacher (until 29 July 1951)
- Hoffmann (, from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Krause (until 18 October 1950)
- Pannenbecker (from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Reismann (from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Ribbeheger (from 14 December 1951 FU)
- Wessel (from 14 December 1951 FU, from 13 November 1952 Non-attached (GVP))
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- Dorls (from 13 December 1950 WAV-Gast, from 17 January 1951 WAV, from 26 September 1951 Non-attached, am 23 October 1952 Mandatsaberkennung)
- Frommhold (from 7 September 1949 Nationale Rechte, from 5 October 1950 Non-attached (DRP), from 26 March 1952 DP-Gast, from 11 February 1953 Non-attached)
- Jaeger (from 29 February 1952)
- Miessner (from 5 October 1950 FDP-Gast, from 20 December 1950 FDP)
- Rößler (from 15 September 1949 Nationale Rechte, from 6 September 1950 Non-attached, from 13 December 1950 WAV-Gast, from 17 January 1951 WAV, from 26 September 1951 Non-attached, until 21 February 1952)
- Thadden (from 15 September 1949 Nationale Rechte; 1950 DRP, from 20 April 1950 Non-attached)
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- Clausen (from 23 January 1952 FU-Gast, from 3 July 1953 Non-attached)
- Edert (CDU/CSU-Gast)
- Freudenberg (from 5 December 1952 Non-attached)
- Ott (Non-attached, from 4 May 1950 WAV-Gast, from 13 October 1950 BHE/DG, from 21 March 1952 Non-attached, from 26 March 1952 DP/DPB-Gast, from 26 June 1952 Non-attached)
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- Ruland (from 4 January 1957, from 23 May 1957 Guest of CDU/CSU-Fraktion)
- Schneider (from 4 January 1957, Non-attached, from 23 May 1957 Guest of CDU/CSU-Fraktion)
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- Atzenroth
- Becker
- Berg (from 27 June 1955, from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Blank (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Blücher (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Bucher
- Dannemann (until 1 July 1955)
- Dehler
- Drechsel
- Eberhard
- Euler (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Fassbender (from 18 November 1955 DP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Friese-Korn
- Frühwald
- Gaul
- Golitschek (from 18 April 1956)
- Graaff (from 4 July 1955)
- Hammer
- Held (from 13 September 1954)
- Henn (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Hepp (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Hoffmann
- Hübner (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Hütter (from 29 September 1955)
- Ilk
- Jentzsch
- Kühn
- Lahr (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Lenz
- Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (from 6 June 1957 Non-attached, from 25 June 1957 DP/FVP)
- Luchtenberg (from 18 September 1954, until 9 April 1956)
- Lüders
- Manteuffel (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Margulies
- Mauk
- Mayer (until 14 May 1956)
- Mende
- Middelhauve (until 10 September 1954)
- Miessner
- Neumayer (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Onnen
- Pfleiderer (until 20 September 1955)
- Preiß (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Preusker (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Rademacher
- Reif
- Schäfer (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Scheel
- Schloß
- Schneider (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Schwann
- Stahl
- Stammberger
- Starke
- Stegner (from 13 January 1954 Non-attached, from 6 February 1957 GB/BHE)
- Weber (from 15 May 1956)
- Wellhausen (from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 23 June 1956 CDU/CSU)
- Weyer (until 17 September 1954)
- Will
- Wirths (until 16 June 1955)
- DPS:
- Schneider (from 4 January 1957, Guest of FDP-Fraktion)
- Schwertner (from 4 January 1957, from 8 January 1957 Guest of FDP-Fraktion)
- Wedel (from 4 January 1957, Non-attached, from 8 January 1957 Guest of FDP-Fraktion)
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- Czermak (from 14 July 1955 FDP)
- Eckhardt (from 12 July 1955 Non-attached, from 14 July 1955 Group Kraft/Oberländer, from 15 July 1955 Guest of CDU/CSU-Fraktion, from 20 March 1956 CDU/CSU)
- Elsner
- Engell
- Feller
- Fiedler (until 13 October 1953)
- Finck (from 12 July 1955 Non-attached, from 14 July 1955 Group Kraft/Oberländer, from 15 July 1955 Guest of CDU/CSU-Fraktion, from 20 March 1956 CDU/CSU)
- Finselberger
- Gemein
- Gille
- Haasler (from 12 July 1955 Non-attached, from 14 July 1955 Group Kraft/Oberländer, from 15 July 1955 Guest of CDU/CSU-Fraktion, from 20 March 1956 CDU/CSU)
- Keller
- Klötzer
- Körner (from 12 July 1955 Non-attached, from 14 July 1955 FDP, from 23 February 1956 Non-attached, from 15 March 1956 Demokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DA), from 26 June 1956 FVP, from 14 March 1957 DP/FVP)
- Kraft (from 12 July 1955 Non-attached, from 14 July 1955 Group Kraft/Oberländer, from 15 July 1955 Guest of CDU/CSU-Fraktion, from 20 March 1956 CDU/CSU)
- Kunz
- Kutschera
- Meyer-Ronnenberg (from 20 August 1954 CDU/CSU)
- Mocker
- Oberländer (from 12 July 1955 Non-attached, from 14 July 1955 Group Kraft/Oberländer, from 15 July 1955 Guest of CDU/CSU-Fraktion, from 20 March 1956 CDU/CSU)
- Petersen
- Reichstein
- Samwer (from 15 October 1953, from 12 July 1955 Non-attached, from 14 July 1955 Group Kraft/Oberländer, from 15 July 1955 Guest of CDU/CSU-Fraktion, from 20 March 1956 CDU/CSU)
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- Brockmann (Non-attached)
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Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great
