Ludger Westrick

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Ludger Westrick, 1959

Ludger Westrick (born October 23, 1894 in Münster , † July 31, 1990 in Bonn ) was a military economic leader appointed by Hitler during the Nazi era . In the post-war period he became a German politician ( CDU ). He was head of the Federal Chancellery from 1963 to 1966 , and from 1964 as Federal Minister for Special Tasks .

education and profession

After High School on School Paulinum in Münster West Rick initially took as a soldier in the First World War in part. He holds a degree in Law and Commerce Science , which he with the first legal state examination and the promotion of Dr. jur. finished. From 1921 to 1933 he was sales manager at the United Steel Works . In 1933 he moved to the board of the United Deutsche Metallwerke AG. He later became chairman of the board and general manager of Vereinigte Industrie-Unternehmens AG (VIAG), of which he was the central trustee from 1939 to 1945. In this position he belonged to the circle of military economic leaders and came as a member of the ten-person industrial council for the development of air force equipment, to which Hermann Göring was subordinate. At the turn of the year 1944/1945, Westrick signed slogans to his workforce: "We want to start 1945 with confidence and belief in the just German cause."

Ludger Westrick, 1979

From 1948 to 1951 he was finance director at the German coal mining management.

Political party

Westrick was an honorary member of the CDU since 1964.

Public offices

From 1951 to 1963 Westrick was State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs , headed by Ludwig Erhard , where he introduced the Westrick formula in the metal collective bargaining of 1963 . When Erhard became Federal Chancellor on October 17, 1963 , Westrick followed him as State Secretary and Head of the Federal Chancellery . Since he was 70 years old in 1964 and could no longer remain a civil servant state secretary, he was appointed Federal Minister for Special Tasks on June 16, 1964, because there is no age limit for the office of Federal Minister. He was the first head of the chancellery to hold ministerial rank. On September 15, 1966, Westrick resigned, but continued the official business until December 1, 1966, when he left the federal government .

Management board or supervisory board (before 1945)

Special

“The legendary political scientist Theodor Eschenburg reports in his memoirs about a very special lobbying career . ... Eschenburg recalled that before his political career as State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Westrick was Director General of VIAG . With a simple research, he found out that VIAG had given its general manager full pay and that Westrick also received his state secretary salary from the federal treasury. “However, the Federal Republic of Germany was still the sole shareholder of VIAG at that time.

literature

  • Walter Henkels : 99 Bonn heads , reviewed and supplemented edition, Fischer-Bücherei, Frankfurt am Main 1965, p. 267ff.

See also

Web links

Commons : Ludger Westrick  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945 . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Second updated edition, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 , p. 672.
  2. ^ Nazis in the FRG : https://sites.google.com/site/justizrlp/nazis/nazis-001-020/nazis-021-040
  3. ↑ Peter Belli: The Viag daughter shifts responsibility . Ed .: DIE ZEIT. No. 48 . Hamburg 1999.
  4. ↑ Robert Rossmann: At the switching point of power, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung on the weekend, 15./16./17. April 2017, p. 2.
  5. ↑ United States Foreign Economic Administration: Elimination of Nazi public agencies in Germany. (PDF Retrieved from the Library of Congress) US Govt. Print. Off., Washingon, 1945, accessed May 6, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Thomas Leif in: From Politics and Contemporary History 19/2010 From symbiosis to systemic crisis - essay
personal data
SURNAME Westrick, Ludger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1990
Place of death Bonn