Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs (West Germany)
In office 29 October 1957 – 26 October 1965
Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer
Preceded by
Anton Storch
Succeeded by
Hans Katzer
Federal Minister of Defence (West Germany)
In office 7 June 1955 – 16 October 1956
Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer
Succeeded by
Franz Josef Strauss
Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag (West Germany)
In office 19 October 1965 – 20 October 1969
Member of the Bundestag (West Germany)
In office 7 September 1949 – 21 April 1972
Personal details
Born
(1905-09-19)19 September 1905 Elz, Hesse-Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
14 May 1972(1972-05-14) (aged 66) Bonn, West Germany
Nationality
German
Political party
CDU (1945 until his death)
Alma mater
Leibniz University Hannover
Theodor Anton Blank (19 September 1905 – 14 May 1972) was a German politician of the CDU. He was one of the founders of the CDU in 1945.
Blank was born in Elz an der Lahn. He was the third of ten children of a carpenter. His family was Roman Catholic. Blank received an apprenticeship as a carpenter. In 1930–33 he worked as a secretary at the Association of Christian transport- and factory employees of the northern and northwestern Ruhr Area. After he was dismissed in 1933 Blank passed his Abitur in 1936 and studied mathematics at the University of Münster and engineering sciences at Leibniz University Hannover.[1] In 1939 he was conscripted to the Wehrmacht and became a first lieutenant at the end of World War II.[2]
From 1949 to 1972 he was a member of the German Bundestag, in which he served from 1965 to 1969 as deputy chief of CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion.[2]
Blank (center) with Bundeswehr Generals Hans Speidel and Adolf Heusinger
From 1950 to 1955 he served as Special Representative of the Chancellor, leading the "Amt Blank" (Blank Agency), officially responsible for affairs relating to the Allied occupying troops, but in reality mainly charged by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer with covertly preparing the re-establishment of the German armed forces. In 1954, opponents of the rearmament prevented him from speaking to public assemblies by yelling and shouting, and lightly wounded him in one instance. After the rearmament was official, he served as the first postwar Defence Minister of Germany from 1955 to 1956 and as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from 1957 to 1965.[2]
Theodor Anton Blank (19 September 1905 – 14 May 1972) was a German politician of the CDU. He was one of the founders of the CDU in 1945. Blank was born...
European Defence Community plan. Afterwards the Blank Office was converted to the Defence Ministry and TheodorBlank became the first Defence Minister. The nucleus...
the new armed forces in West Germany. The Amt Blank (Blank Agency, named after its director TheodorBlank), the predecessor of the later Federal Ministry...
goal to have up to 500,000 men in military service, partly because TheodorBlank desired for West Germany to have a more significant military than Italy...
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Chancellor of West Germany. He served in the Blank Office Amt Blank, the office headed by TheodorBlank, which became the West German Ministry of Defense...
November 1955 (left to right): Adolf Heusinger, future Chief of Staff of the Bundeswehr; TheodorBlank, Minister of Defence, West Germany; and Speidel...
for Daimler Benz. In 1952, he joined the "Amt Blank" (Bureau Blank, named after its director TheodorBlank), the predecessor of the later Federal Ministry...
Turkey pressured West Germany to admit its citizens as guest workers. TheodorBlank, Secretary of State for Employment, opposed such agreements. He held...
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this veil of uncertainty. Krupinski entered the Amt Blank (Blank Agency), named after TheodorBlank, the forerunner of the German Federal Ministry of Defense...
October 1956 – 16 December 1962 Chancellor Konrad Adenauer Preceded by TheodorBlank Succeeded by Kai-Uwe von Hassel Minister for Atomic Affairs In office...
Warsaw. In 1944, it was allegedly stolen by a German Major TheodorBlank.[citation needed] Blank reportedly sent the violin to his wife in Germany, where...
15 October 1963 CDU Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs TheodorBlank 14 November 1961 15 October 1963 CDU Federal Minister of Defence Franz...
Theodor Heuss (German: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈhɔʏs] ; 31 January 1884 – 12 December 1963) was a German liberal politician who served as the first president of West...
Lütjens as heroes. Poeppel argued in a memo because the Defense Minister TheodorBlank had stated the intellectual role models for the Bundeswehr were to be...
Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by TheodorBlank from 1949 to 1969. Hermann Josef Unland then served as representative...
candidate Uwe Holtz was elected in 1972. He served until 1983, when Joseph-TheodorBlank of the CDU won it. Lilo Friedrich was elected in 1998 and 2002, before...
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