Kurt Schmücker

Kurt Schmücker
Schmücker 1971
Federal Minister for the Treasury
In office 1 December 1966 – 21 October 1969
Preceded by	Werner Dollinger
Federal Minister of Finance
In office 8 November 1966 – 2 December 1966
Preceded by	Rolf Dahlgrün
Succeeded by	Franz Josef Strauss
Federal Minister of Economics
In office 17 October 1963 – 30 November 1966[1]
Preceded by	Ludwig Erhard
Succeeded by	Karl Schiller
Personal details
Born	(1919-11-10)10 November 1919 Löningen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Died	6 January 1996(1996-01-06) (aged 76) Löningen, Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
Profession	Printer
Religion	Catholic[2]

Kurt Schmücker (10 November 1919 – 6 January 1996) was a German politician, member of Christian Democratic Union.

Kurt Schmücker was born on 10 November 1919 in Löningen, Lower Saxony. In 1938 Schmücker ended a book printing course and started working in local newspapers. From 1940 to 1945 he served in the German infantry during World War II.

In 1937, Schmücker joined Nazi Party. Schmücker joined the CDU in 1946. He represented Cloppenburg – Vechta in the German Federal Parliament from 1953 to 1972.

From 17 October 1963 to 30 November 1966 he served as minister for Economics and Technology. From 1966 to 1969 he was served as minister for the Treasury.

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Economy Ministers of Germany
Imperial Economy Secretaries (1871–1918)	Rudolf Schwander Hans Karl Freiherr von Stein zu Nord- und Ostheim August Müller
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)	Rudolf Wissell Robert Schmidt Ernst Scholz Robert Schmidt Johann Becker Hans von Raumer Joseph Koeth Eduard Hamm Albert Neuhaus Rudolf Krohne Julius Curtius Paul Moldenhauer Robert Schmidt Hermann Dietrich Ernst Trendelenburg Hermann Warmbold Ernst Trendelenburg Hermann Warmbold
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)	Alfred Hugenberg Kurt Schmitt Hjalmar Schacht Hermann Göring Walther Funk
German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)	Christa Luft Gerhard Pohl
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–)	Ludwig Erhard Kurt Schmücker Karl Schiller Helmut Schmidt Hans Friderichs Otto Graf Lambsdorff Manfred Lahnstein Otto Graf Lambsdorff Martin Bangemann Helmut Haussmann Jürgen Möllemann Günter Rexrodt Werner Müller Wolfgang Clement Michael Glos Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Rainer Brüderle Philipp Rösler Sigmar Gabriel

Finance Ministers of Germany
German Empire (1871–1918)	Adolf von Scholz Franz Emil Emanuel von Burchard Karl Rudolf Jacobi Baron Helmuth von Maltzahn Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner Max Franz Guido von Thielmann Baron Hermann von Stengel Reinhold Sydow Adolf Wermuth Hermann Kühn Karl Helfferich Siegfried von Roedern
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)	Eugen Schiffer Bernhard Dernburg Matthias Erzberger Joseph Wirth Andreas Hermes Rudolf Hilferding Hans Luther Otto von Schlieben Hans Luther Peter Reinhold Heinrich Köhler Rudolf Hilferding Paul Moldenhauer Heinrich Brüning Hermann Dietrich
Third Reich (1933–1945)	Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
East Germany (1949–1990)	Hans Loch Willy Rumpf Siegfried Böhm Werner Schmieder Ernst Höfner Uta Nickel Walter Romberg Werner Skowron
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–)	Fritz Schäffer Franz Etzel Heinz Starke Rolf Dahlgrün Kurt Schmücker Franz Josef Strauss Alex Möller Karl Schiller Helmut Schmidt Hans Apel Hans Matthöfer Manfred Lahnstein Gerhard Stoltenberg Theo Waigel Oskar Lafontaine Hans Eichel Peer Steinbrück Wolfgang Schäuble