Joseph Blank (politician)
Joseph Blank (born February 12, 1913 in Elz ; † June 14, 1994 in Düsseldorf ) was a German administrative officer and politician ( CDU ).
Life and work
Joseph Blank was born the son of a carpenter and the brother of the later Federal Minister Theodor Blank . After graduating from high school in 1933, he began studying philosophy, which he completed in 1936 with the Philosophikum. He then attended an administration school and worked as an administrative clerk for various Westphalian authorities. He took part in World War II as a soldier since 1939 , was promoted to lieutenant in the reserve and was captured by the United States in 1943. In the last years of the war he studied law and the humanities at the camp college of prisoner -of- war prisoner Camp Trinidad / USA .
After being released from captivity in 1946, Blank returned to Germany and, after passing the administrative examination, returned to the administrative service. In addition, he exercised a teaching position. From February 1964 to 1976 he was a member of the board or director of the housing development agency of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .
politics
Blank joined the CDU in 1946. From 1947 to 1949 he was district manager of the CDU Lüdenscheid from 1950 to 1958 regional manager of the CDU Westphalia-Lippe. In the state elections in 1954 , he was elected via a direct mandate to the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament, to which he belonged until he left on December 29, 1958.
In December 1958, Blank was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Reconstruction of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in the state government led by Prime Minister Franz Meyers . On May 1, 1961, the Ministry of Reconstruction was renamed the Ministry of State Planning, Housing and Public Works. On July 26, 1962, Blank took over the management of the ministry. For health reasons he resigned on June 24, 1963 and was replaced in his office by Joseph Paul Franken .
Honors
- 1973: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
See also
literature
- Munzinger : Internationales Biographisches Archiv 05/1964 from January 20, 1964
Web links
- Cabinet minutes of the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Joseph Blank (politician) at the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament
Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 25, No. 190, October 9, 1973.
Hugo Paul (1946–1948) | Ernst Gnoss (1948–1949) | Fritz Steinhoff (1949–1950) | Otto Schmidt (1950–1953) | Willi Weyer (1954–1956) | Fritz Kaßmann (1956–1958) | Peter Erkens (1958–1962) | Joseph Blank (1962–1963) | Joseph Paul Franken (1963–1966) | Franz Berding (1966) | Hermann Kohlhase (1966–1970) | Christoph Zöpel (1980–1990) | Ilse Brusis (1990-1995) | Michael Vesper (1995-2005) | Oliver Wittke (2005-2009) | Lutz Lienenkämper (2009–2010) | Harry Voigtsberger (2010–2012) | Michael Groschek (2012–2017) | Ina Scharrenbach (since 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blank, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German administrative officer and politician (CDU), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elz |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1994 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |