Jürgen Warnke (20 March 1932 – 27 April 2013) was a German lawyer and politician who served in various capacities at the

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and German cabinets.

Early life and education

Warnke was born in

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on 20 March 1932. His family were from

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, and in 1945 settled in

Upper Franconia Upper Franconia (german: Oberfranken) is a ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative 'Regierungs''region 'bezirk'' of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia, the others being Middle F ...

. His father was a jurist and served as the chief executive of the association of ceramic industry. He studied law and economics and held a PhD.

Career

Warnke, a lawyer by profession, was a member of the Christian Social Union. He was a member of the Bavarian Parliament from 1962 to 1970. He entered the Bundestag in 1969 and represented the Hof district from 1983 to 1998. He served as a cabinet member in the governments led by the Prime Minister

Helmut Kohl Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (; 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998. Kohl's 16-year tenure is the longes ...

between 1982 and 1991. Warnke was first appointed minister of economic cooperation in 1982 and was in office until 1987. Then he became the minister of transport which he held from 1987 to 1989. Lastly he was reappointed minister of economic cooperation in a cabinet reshuffle in April 1989. His term ended in 1991. In 1998 he retired from politics. He was also the managing director of the Bavarian chemical industry association and then the chief executive of the association of ceramic industry. In addition, he was on the council of the

Evangelical Church of Germany The Evangelical Church in Germany (german: Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, abbreviated EKD) is a federation of twenty Lutheran, Reformed (Calvinist) and United (e.g. Prussian Union) Protestant regional churches and denominations in Germany, ...

Personal life and death

Warnke was married and had six children. He began to live in

Dagebüll Dagebüll () ( Mooring North Frisian: ''Doogebel''; da, Dagebøl) is a municipality located at the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein in the Nordfriesland district, Germany. Today's Dagebüll was created in 1978 as a merger of the municipalities ...

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after retiring from politics. He died at the age of 81 in

Selb Selb is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Fichtelgebirge, on the border with the Czech Republic, 20 km northwest of Cheb and 23 km southeast of Hof. Selb is well known fo ...

on 27 April 2013. A funeral service for him was held in St. Andrew's Church in Selb with the attendance of German politicians and family members.

Honors

Warnke was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

Foreign honor

* Malaysia: Honorary Commander of the

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(P.M.N.) (1986)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Warnke, Jurgen 20th-century German lawyers 1932 births 2013 deaths Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Economic Cooperation ministers of Germany German Protestants Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Social Union in Bavaria Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998 Members of the Landtag of Bavaria People from Mecklenburg People from Wunsiedel (district) Transport ministers of Germany