Louis Wienholt

Dr
Louis Wienholt
Secretary of the Department of Social Security
In office
9 January 1973 – 26 July 1973
Personal details
Born Louis John Wienholt
1918
Died 1973
Nationality Australia Australian
Occupation Public servant

Dr Louis John Wienholt (1918 – 1973) was a senior Australian public servant, including as Secretary of the Department of Social Security in 1973.

Life and career

Wienholt was born in 1918.[1] He was a Queenslander who began his career in the Australian Public Service in 1950.[2] Between 1968 and 1973 he was a Deputy Director-General at the Department of Health.[1] In January 1973 he was appointed Director-General of the Department of Social Security.[1] During his time as head of social security, Wienholt organized for his desk clerks to attend two-week courses in the slums of Melbourne and Sydney to "sensitise" them to the problems of departmental clients.[3]

Wienholt retired due to ill health early into his term at the Department of Social Security,[4] he had suffered a heart attack in April 1973.[5] He died later that year.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Scotton, R.B.; Macdonald, C.R. (October 1995), Research Report 5: Medibank Sources- Unpublished documents relating to the establishment of national helath [sic.] insurance in Australia, Centre for Health Program Evaluation, ISBN 1875677593, archived from the original on 27 March 2012
  2. ↑ Juddery, Bruce (10 January 1973). "Nine Secretaries named". The Canberra Times. p. 1.
  3. ↑ Mendes, Philip (7 May 2012), Labor's abandonment of equity, Australian Broadcasting Commission, archived from the original on 2 May 2013
  4. ↑ Davidson, Gay (24 July 1973), "Two new Heads soon", The Canberra Times: 1
  5. ↑ Juddery, Bruce (10 April 1973). "Two suffer heart attacks". The Canberra Times. p. 8.
Government offices
Preceded by
Bruce Hamilton		 Secretary of the Department of Social Security
1973 		Succeeded by
Laurie Daniels