Gustav Walter Heinemann (1899 - 1976)

Born 23 Jul 1899 in Schwelm, Westfalen, Preußen, Deutsches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Hilda (Ordemann) Heinemann — married 1926 in Rüttenscheid, Essen, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, Deutschland

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1976 at age 76 in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

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Biography

Preceded by 2nd Bundespräsident Heinrich Lübke 1959 - 1969

Gustav Heinemann 3rd Bundespräsident of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1969 - 1974

Succeeded by 4th Bundespräsident Walter Scheel 1974 - 1979

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Family and Religion

1926 he married Hilda Ordemann (1896-1979), who had been a student of Rudolf Bultmann, the famous Protestant theologian. She and the minister of her parish Wilhelm Graeber led Heinemann back to Christianity from which he had become estranged. Through his sister-in-law, he became acquainted with Swiss theologian Karl Barth, who strongly influenced him such as in his condemnation of nationalism and antisemitism.

The Heinemann couple had three daughters and a son.

Heinemann became a member of the synod of Confessing Church, which opposed the German Christians because they collaborated with the Nazis.

From 1936 to 1950, Heinemann was head of the YMCA in Essen.

1945 he was elected as a member of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany. 1949 to 1955 he was president of the all-German Synod of the Protestant Churches of Germany. He was among the founders of the German Protestant Church Congress (Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag), a congress of the Protestant laity.

Political Career

• 1918-1922 he studied law, economics and history at the universities of Münster, Marburg, Munich, Göttingen and Berlin
• Co-founder of the CDU
• 1946-1949 Lord Mayor of Essen
• 1949-1950 Federal Minister of the Interior. He resigned because he was against the rearmament of West Germany.
• 1952 he left the CDU and was a co-founder of the GVP.
• 1957 he joined the SPD
• 1966-1969 Federal Minister of Justice
• 1969-1974 Federal President. For health and age reasons, he waived a second term.

Sources

• Gustav Heinemann on GedBas

See also:

• Wikipedia: Gustav Heinemann
• Wikidata: Item Q2573, en:Wikipedia