Background
Warnke was born in Berlin on 20 March 1932. His father was a jurist and served as the chief executive of the association of ceramic industry.
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Jurgen WARNKE
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Abitur (advanced matriculation examination), Hof, 1950. Universities of München, Wurzburg and Geneva/Switzerland. Law, economics; final state examination in law, 1958.
Career
His family were from Mecklenburg, and in 1945 settled in Upper Franconia. He entered the Bundestag in 1969 and represented the Hof district from 1983 to 1998. From 1982 to 1991 he served as a cabinet member in the governments led by the then prime minister Helmut Kohl.
Warnke was firstly appointed minister of economic cooperation in 1982 and was in office until 1987.
Then he became the minister of transport and was in office 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. Warnke died at the age of 81 in Selb on 27 April 2013. A funeral service for him was held in Saint Andrew"s Church in Selb with the attendance of German politicians and family members.
Achievements
Religion
Protestant
Politics
Warnke, a lawyer by profession, was a member of the Christian Social Union.
Membership
Bavarian State Parliament. 1962-1970. Deutscher Bundestag since 1969. Synod, Protestant Church of Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland) since 1985.
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Nationality
Germany -
Religion
Christian -
Political Party
Christian Social Union of Bavaria