Heinrich Lübke's voting card for the Federal Assembly in Berlin, 1959
© Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Heinrich Lübke
From 1937 to 1945, Lübke was active in the construction and housing development
sector. From 1939, he was a member of the Schlempp construction group which first
came under the Todt organisation and then under Armaments Minister Albert Speer.
From 1946, he was a CDU Landtag Deputy and from 1947 Agriculture Minister in
North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1949/50 and from 1953 to 1959, Lübke was a Member of
the Bundestag and Federal Minister of Agriculture. He was elected Federal
President in 1959 and remained in office until 1969.
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