Karl Theodor Bleek

Karl Theodor Bleek
Mayor of Marburg
In office
4 October 1946 – 30 June 1951
Preceded by Friedrich Dickmann
Succeeded by Georg Gaßmann
Personal details
Born 19 March 1898(1898-03-19)
Kirn, German Empire
Died 15 December 1969(1969-12-15) (aged 71)
Marburg, West Germany
Nationality German
Political party FDP

Karl Theodor Bleek (19 March 1898 in Kirn – 15 December 1969 in Marburg) was a former Nazi and German politician. In 1942 Bleek became member of the Nazi party[1]

Bleek was the first elected mayor of Marburg after World War II and was a member of the Landtag of Hesse until 1951, when he became a member of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany).[2] From 1957 until 1961, he was the head of the Bundespräsidialamt (Office of the Federal President), and, in 1963, he was elected president of the German National Academic Foundation (German: Studienstiftung).

References

  1. ^ Adenauer's Germany and the Nazi Past: The Politics of Amnesty and Integration, page 333, Norbert Frei, Cambridge University Press 2002
  2. ^ Günther, Frieder (2006) (in German). Heuss auf Reisen. Munich: Franz Steiner Verlag. p. 32. ISBN 3515088199. http://books.google.de/books?id=FdVYnifo86sC&dq. 
Preceded by
Friedrich Dickmann
Mayor of Marburg
4 October 1946 – 30 June 1951
Succeeded by
Georg Gaßmann