Anton Storch

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Anton Storch
Federal Minister for Labour
In office
20 September 1949 – 29 October 1957
ChancellorKonrad Adenauer
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byTheodor Blank
Member of the Bundestag
In office
7 September 1949 – 19 October 1965
Personal details
Born(1892-04-01)1 April 1892
CDU
(1945 until his death)

Anton Storch (1 April 1892 – 26 November 1975) was a German trade unionist, politician, a member of the

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the minister of labor from 1949 to 1957.[1]

Early life

Storch was born in Fulda, Hesse, in 1892.[2] He was trained as a carpenter and served in World War I.[2]

Career

Storch was the functionary of Woodworker's Christian Trade Union from 1920 to 1933, trade union chairman of Hanover region from 1931 to 1933 and insurance agent until 1939.[2] From 1939 to 1945 he served as a member of air raid police.[2] He contributed to the reestablishment of the trade unions in Hanover (British Zone) in 1945 and 1946.[2] From 1946 to 1948, he served as the chief of department for social policy of British Zone trade unions.[3] He became a member of Bizonal Economic Council in 1947 and was named its director of labor in 1948.[2] He was the director of the workers' union (Verwaltung für Arbeit (VfA)) until 1949.[4]

He was a member of the

Prime Minister Konrad Adenauer on 20 September 1949.[4] He was in office until 29 October 1957[8] when Theodor Blank
replaced him in the post.

Views

Storch was an advocate of "far-reaching social welfare programme"[7] and of Catholic political economy.[9] He argued that the reason for two world wars was the "exaggerated liberal-capitalistic economic order of the last one hundred years."[6]

References

  1. ^ Günter Buchstab; Brigitte Kaff; Hans-Otto Kleinmann. "Christliche Demokraten gegen Hitler" (PDF). GBV (in German).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Storch, Anton (CDU)". Elections and Political Parties in Germany, 1945–1952. Salisbury, NC: Documentary Publications. 1952. p. 28.
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  5. ^ "Adenauer aims to slow down". The Spokesman-Review. 8 September 1953. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
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  8. ISBN 978-3-486-51691-3
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