Fritz Beske

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Fritz Beske (1973)

Fritz Beske (born December 12, 1922 in Wollin , Pomerania ; † March 26, 2020 ) was a German doctor , health politician and political advisor .

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Fritz Beske, son of the general practitioner Fritz Beske and his wife Klara in Wollin, passed his Abitur examination in Neustettin and was then employed in the Navy , most recently as an officer in the submarine weapon . After being a prisoner of war, Beske worked as a miner in the Ruhr area for a year.

In 1946 Beske began studying human medicine at the University of Kiel . There he was elected chairman of the General Student Committee AStA in 1949. In 1951 the medical state examination and the doctorate to Dr. med. In 1952 Beske became a scientific assistant at the Hygiene Institute at Kiel University. In 1954 he went to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in the USA , where he obtained a Master of Public Health degree , only to return to the institute in Kiel in 1955. In the same year he became a member of the CDU . He was a specialist in public health .

In 1958 Beske became a consultant in the health department of the Ministry of the Interior in Schleswig-Holstein . From 1961 to 1964 he was an International Officer in the WHO European Office in Copenhagen . In 1965 he returned to Kiel and became head of the health department in the Ministry of the Interior in Schleswig-Holstein, and from 1971 to 1981 State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Affairs. In 1973 the Medical Faculty of the University of Lübeck Beske awarded an honorary professorship .

In 1975 Beske founded the "Institute for Health System Research Kiel" (IGSF) as a non-profit foundation . From then on he was also the director of this institute. In 1987 the IGSF Institute for Health System Research Kiel GmbH for contract research was founded. The foundation and institute have been separate since 2001. In 2002 the IGSF Foundation was renamed the "Fritz Beske Institute" for Health System Research Kiel. From 1983 to 2004 the institute was the WHO collaborating center. The institute publishes its own series of publications, in which more than 100 volumes have appeared so far. The focus of the IGSF's work is now on policy advice in the health sector.

Beske published numerous scientific publications. From 1966 to 2001 he was the editor of the magazine “The Public Health Service” (title changed to “The Health Service”).

When Beske, after 55 years of active work, was awarded the Paracelsus Medal, the highest award of the German medical profession at the 111th German Medical Congress in Ulm in 2008 , the laudation said: “As a recognized scientist, he analyzes the structure of the health system with competence and expertise and has thus become an indispensable policy advisor. [...] Has he also been involved in health policy in numerous full-time and part-time functions ”.

Beske intended to end his professional career on his 90th birthday in December 2012. He was married to his wife Lore for more than 60 years. The marriage resulted in a son in 1958 who also became a doctor. Beske died in March 2020 at the age of 97.

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  1. ↑ Wolfgang van den Bergh: Fritz Beske: doctor, author, scientist , in: Ärzte-Zeitung , 39th year, number 27/2020, April 8, 2020, p. 5; However, the exact date of death and the place of death are missing here.
  2. ↑ Falk Osterloh: Fritz Beske † Doctor, politician and scientist , in: Deutsches Ärzteblatt , Volume 117, Issue 16/2020, April 17, 2020, p. A 841.
  3. ↑ Fritz Beske says goodbye . Deutsches Ärzteblatt , Volume 109 (2012), Page C 1251.
  4. ↑ Names and Messages. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt . November 30, 2012, accessed April 5, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Beske, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, health politician and political advisor
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Wollin , Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 2020