Background
Blücher was born in Essen, Rhine Province, German Empire.
Blücher was born in Essen, Rhine Province, German Empire.
After World World War II, Blücher was one of the founders of the Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party)) and served as chairman in the British occupation zone (1946-1949) and as Federal Chairman (1949-1954). As representative of the second-largest government party, he was the 1st Vice-Chancellor of Germany (West Germany) and also held the Ministry for Matters of the Marshall Plan, which in 1953 was renamed Ministry for Economic Cooperation. In 1956, he - along with other fifteen ministers and parliamentarians - sided with Chancellor Adenauer against his party and formed the Free People"s Party (FVP), which early in 1957 merged with the German Party (DP).
Franz Blücher died on 26 March 1959 in Bad Godesberg, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Free Democratic Party, German Party.
From 1949 to 1957, he was a member of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer"s cabinet.