Ewald Bucher

Ewald Bucher (2nd from right).

Ewald Bucher (19 July 1914 in Rottenburg am Neckar, Kingdom of Württemberg – 4 November 1991 in Mutlangen) was a German politician of the FDP.

He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Munich in 1941 and served then as a soldier in World War II from 1941 to 1944. During the Third Reich he was a member of the Nazi Party and of the SA. After the Second World War he joined the Free Democratic Party. From 1945 to 1953, he was a lawyer in Schwäbisch Gmünd.

From December 1962 to March 1965, he was West German Minister of Justice. In 1964, he tried to become the West German Bundespräsident, but Heinrich Lübke was re-elected.

From October 1965 to October 1966, he was West German Minister for regional planning, construction and urban development. He and three other FDP-Ministers resigned in October 1966 to make the downfall of Chancellor Ludwig Erhard complete.

From 1953 to 1969, he was a member of the West German Bundestag.

From 1984, he was a member of the CDU.

Secretaries and Ministers of Justice of Germany German Empire (1871–1919) Heinrich Friedberg Hermann von Schelling Otto von Oehlschläger Robert Bosse Eduard Hanauer Rudolf Arnold Nieberding Hermann Lisco Paul von Krause Weimar Republic (1919–1932) Otto Landsberg Eugen Schiffer Andreas Blunck Eugen Schiffer Gustav Radbruch Rudolf Heinze Gustav Radbruch Erich Emminger Curt Joël Josef Frenken Hans Luther Wilhelm Marx Johannes Bell Oskar Hergt Erich Koch-Weser Theodor von Guérard Johann Viktor Bredt Curt Joël Franz Gürtner Nazi Germany (1933–1945) Franz Gürtner Franz Schlegelberger Otto Georg Thierack German Democratic Republic (1949–1990) Max Fechner Hilde Benjamin Kurt Wünsche Hans-Joachim Heusinger Kurt Wünsche Manfred Walther Federal Republic of Germany (1949–) 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 Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger Heiko Maas

Transport, Building and Urban Development Ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany Transportation Verkehr Hans-Christoph Seebohm (1949–1966) Georg Leber (1966–1972) Lauritz Lauritzen (1972–1974) Kurt Gscheidle (1974–1980) Volker Hauff (1980–1982) Werner Dollinger (1982–1987) Jürgen Warnke (1987–1989) Friedrich Zimmermann (1989–1991) Günther Krause (1991–1993) Matthias Wissmann (1993–1998) Public Housing Development Wohnungsbau Hermann-Eberhard Wildermuth (1949–1952) Fritz Neumayer (1952–1953) Victor-Emanuel Preusker (1953–1957) Paul Lücke (1957–1961) Housing, Urban Development and Regional Planning Wohnungswesen, Städtebau und Raumordnung Paul Lücke (1961–1965) Housing and Urban Development Wohnungswesen und Städtebau Ewald Bucher (1965–1966) Bruno Heck (1966) Lauritz Lauritzen (1966–1969) Urban Development and Housing Städtebau und Wohnungswesen Lauritz Lauritzen (1969–1972) Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development Raumordnung, Bauwesen und Städtebau Hans-Jochen Vogel (1972–1974) Karl Ravens (1974–1978) Dieter Haack (1978–1982) Oscar Schneider (1982–1989) Gerda Hasselfeldt (1989–1991) Irmgard Schwaetzer (1991–1994) Klaus Töpfer (1994–1998) Eduard Oswald (1998) Transportation, Construction and Housing Verkehr, Bau- und Wohnungswesen Franz Müntefering (1998–1999) Reinhard Klimmt (1999–2000) Kurt Bodewig (2000–2002) Manfred Stolpe (2002–2005) Transportation, Construction and Urban Development Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung Wolfgang Tiefensee (2005–2009) Peter Ramsauer (since 2009)