Gustav Heinemann

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7^th President of Germany 3^rd President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Gustav Heinemann

In office July 1, 1969 – June 30, 1974
Preceded by	Heinrich Lübke
Succeeded by	Walter Scheel
Minister of the Interior
In office September 29, 1949 – October 11, 1950
Preceded by	-
Succeeded by	Robert Lehr
Minister of Justice
In office December 1, 1966 – March 26, 1969
Preceded by	Richard Jaeger
Succeeded by	Horst Ehmke

Born	July 23, 1899(1899-07-23) Schwelm, Germany
Died	July 7, 1976 (aged 76) Essen, Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	CDU, later SPD
Spouse	Hilda Heinemann (1896-1979)
Religion	Protestant

Gustav Walter Heinemann, GCB (July 23, 1899 - July 7, 1976) was a German politician. He was Minister of Interior Affairs from 1949 to 1950, Minister of Justice from 1966 to 1969 and President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974. He was famous for being open-minded with respect to the student protests of 1968, and he tried to keep his office as down-to-earth as possible (e.g. when asked whether he loved Germany, he answered that he loved his wife).

In the Weimar Republic Heinemann was member of the Christian Social People's Service (CSVD). After World War II he was one of the founders of the CDU and became mayor of the city of Essen. He was Minister of the Interior in the first cabinet of Konrad Adenauer. In 1950 he left the cabinet and the CDU in 1952 to form the All-German People's Party (GVP) with Helene Wessel and other CDU- and Center Party members. In 1957 he, and most GVP members, joined the SPD. In the grand coalition (1966-69) he was Minister of Justice.

In 1969 he became the first SPD member to be elected President of Germany.

His daughter Uta Ranke-Heinemann ran for the German presidency unsuccessfully in 1999. The president who was elected that year (Johannes Rau) was the husband of Heinemann's granddaughter (Uta Ranke-Heinmann's niece) Christina Delius.

The Gustav-Heinemann-Friedenspreis (Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize) is every year awarded to a book judged to have best promoted the cause of world peace.

Preceded by Heinrich Lübke	President of Germany 1969–1974	Succeeded by Walter Scheel

v • d • e Presidents of the Federal Republic of Germany

Theodor Heuss · Heinrich Lübke · Gustav Heinemann · Walter Scheel · Karl Carstens · Richard von Weizsäcker · Roman Herzog · Johannes Rau · Horst Köhler

v • d • e Federal Secretaries and Ministers of Justice of Germany

Heinrich Friedberg \| Hermann von Schelling \| Otto von Ohlschläger \| Robert Bosse \| Eduard von Hanauer \| Rudolf Arnold Nieberding \| Hermann Lisco \| Paul Georg Christof von Krause \| Wilhelm Dittmann \| Otto Landsberg \| Eugen Schiffer \| Andreas Blunck \| Eugen Schiffer \| Gustav Radbruch \| Rudolf Heinze \| Gustav Radbruch \| Erich Emminger \| Kurt Joël \| Josef Frenken \| Hans Luther \| Wilhelm Marx \| Johannes Bell \| Oskar Hergt \| Erich Koch-Weser \| Theodor von Guérard \| Johann Viktor Bredt \| Kurt Joël \| Franz Gürtner \| Franz Schlegelberger \| Otto Georg Thierack \| Thomas Dehler \| Fritz Neumayer \| Hans-Joachim von Merkatz \| Fritz Schäffer \| Wolfgang Stammberger \| Ewald Bucher \| Karl Weber \| Richard Jaeger \| Gustav Heinemann \| Horst Ehmke \| Gerhard Jahn \| Hans-Jochen Vogel \| Jürgen Schmude \| Hans A. Engelhard \| Klaus Kinkel \| Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger \| Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig \| Herta Däubler-Gmelin \| Brigitte Zypries

Persondata
NAME	Heinemann, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	German politician, President of Germany 1969-1974
DATE OF BIRTH	July 23, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwelm, Germany
DATE OF DEATH	July 7, 1976
PLACE OF DEATH	Essen, Germany