Heinrich Lummer (21 November 1932 – 15 June 2019) was a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Life

At the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

, Lummer studied German law and philosophy. He became a member of the German political party Christian Democratic Union. From 1967 to 1987, he was a member of the

Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin The Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (House of Deputies) () is the state parliament (''Landtag'') of Berlin, Germany according to the city-state's constitution. In 1993 the parliament moved from Rathaus Schöneberg to its present house on Niederkirchne ...

. From 1981 to 1986, Lummer was the senator for the Interior and Sports in Berlin. From 1987 to 1998 he was a member of the Bundestag. He was considered to be a conservative hardliner, an exponent of the right wing of his party, oftentimes even as part of the fringe right. Especially later in his life, he subscribed to several far-right conspiracy theories, such as the idea that immigration into Germany was part of a grand pland to destroy the german nation. Lummer was married, had three children and lived in

Steglitz-Zehlendorf Steglitz-Zehlendorf () is the sixth borough of Berlin, formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of Steglitz and Zehlendorf. Home to Free University of Berlin, the Berlin Botanical Garden, and a variety of mu ...

Works by Lummer

* ''Standpunkte eines Konservativen''. Sinus Verlag, 1987. * ''Asyl''. Ullstein-Report, 1992.

References

External links

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Members of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin Senators of Berlin Free University of Berlin alumni Members of the Bundestag for Berlin Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998 1932 births 2019 deaths Politicians from Essen People from Steglitz-Zehlendorf Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Burials at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub