Franz Blücher
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Franz Blücher
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| In office 20 September 1949 – 29 October 1957 |
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| Preceded by | vacant last office holder: Franz von Papen |
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| Succeeded by | Ludwig Erhard |
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| In office 20 September 1949 – 29 October 1957 |
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| Preceded by | new office |
| Succeeded by | Hermann Lindrath as Minister for Federal Patrimony |
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| Born | 24 March 1896 Essen, German Empire |
| Died | March 26, 1959 (aged 63) Bad Godesberg, West Germany |
| Political party | FDP Free People's Party (FVP) |
Franz Blücher (24 March 1896 – 26 March 1959) was a German politician and member of the Lower House of the German Parliament (Bundestag).
Blücher was born on 24 March 1896 in Essen, Rhine Province, German Empire.
After World War II, Blücher was one of the founders of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and served as chairman in the British occupation zone (1946-1949) and as Federal Chairman (1949-1954).
From 1949 to 1957, he was a member of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's cabinet. As representative of the second-largest government party, he occupied the position of Vice-Chancellor of Germany and also held the Ministry for Matters of the Marshall Plan, which in 1953 was renamed Ministry for Economic Cooperation.
In 1956, he - along with other fifteen ministers and parliamentarians - sided with Chancellor Adenauer against his party and formed the Free People's Party (FVP), which early in 1957 merged with the German Party (DP).
After the elections of 1957, in which Adenauer won an absolute majority, Blücher's party left the government.
Blücher died on 26 March 1959 in Bad Godesberg, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Vice Chancellor of Germany 1949–1957 |
Succeeded by Ludwig Erhard |
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