Günter Hartkopf

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Günter Hartkopf (born June 1, 1923 in Elberfeld , † September 19, 1989 in Salers , France) was a German lawyer and state secretary .

Life

Günter Hartkopf grew up in Elberfeld. After graduating from high school in Düsseldorf in 1941, Hartkopf went to the Navy and eventually became lieutenant colonel and battery chief . After the end of the Second World War , he began studying law at the Georg-August University in Göttingen , graduating in 1949. Then Hartkopf was in the legal preparatory service until 1952 .

Between 1953 and 1957 he was a member of the government at the finance ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia and was head of the ministerial office from 1962/1963. He then became Senate Director at the Berlin Senate Administration for Federal Affairs in Bonn . Under Hans-Dietrich Genscher , he came to the Federal Ministry of the Interior in October 1969 and was appointed State Secretary. Among other things, Hartkopf was responsible for environmental protection , which reflected his ecological commitment and which made him famous. During his tenure, he was offered the post of Minister of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1975 and 1979 , which Hartkopf refused both times. In April 1983, Günter Hartkopf left office at his own initiative and after almost 14 years of service. His successor as permanent state secretary was Franz Kroppenstedt .

Hartkopf had been a member of the FDP since 1958 . He received the Great Federal Cross of Merit with a star and shoulder ribbon .

Private

His father was a customs inspector . Günter Hartkopf had been married since 1946. In 1965 he was a founding member of the Lions Club in Bonn-Bad Godesberg and lived in Düsseldorf until the 1970s . He died during a vacation in the French natural region Xaintrie ..

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Single receipts

  1. ^ Membership Directory , published by Lions International All District 111, as of June 1, 1976
personal data
SURNAME Hartkopf, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer; Permanent State Secretary (1969–1983)
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1989
Place of death Salers , France