Franz Blücher

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Franz Blücher
Vice-Chancellor of Germany
In office 20 September 1949 – 29 October 1957
Preceded by	Franz Von Papen
Succeeded by	Ludwig Erhard
Born	24 March 1896 Essen, German Empire
Died	March 26, 1959 (aged 63) Bad Godesberg, West Germany
Political party	FDP

Franz Blücher (24 March 1896 – 26 March 1959) was a German politician and member of the Lower House of the German Parliament (Bundestag).

Blücher was born on 24 March 1896 in Essen, Rhine Province, German Empire.

Blücher was a member of the Free People's Party (FVP) of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). The FVP was a splitter party of the FDP and the German Party (DP).

From 1949-1953, Blücher was Minister for Matters of the Marshall Plan and then Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development until 1957. He was also Vice-Chancellor of Germany from 1949-1957. Blücher was the first person to occupy this position since Franz von Papen occupied it in 1934.

Blücher died on 26 March 1959 in Bad Godesberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or West Germany).

Preceded by Franz von Papen 1934

Vice Chancellor of Germany 1949–1957

Succeeded by Ludwig Erhard

Persondata
NAME	Blücher, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	German politician
DATE OF BIRTH	24 March 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH	Essen, German Empire
DATE OF DEATH	26 March 1959
PLACE OF DEATH	Bad Godesberg, West Germany