- Fritz Hellwig
Dr. Fritz Hellwig (born
3 August 1912 inSaarbruecken ) was a GermanCDU politician andEuropean Commissioner .Early life
Hellwig was born in the area known today as the
Saarland province, known at that time as theRhine Province of Prussia. After finishing school in 1930 inSaarbrücken he studied philosophy, national economy, political sciences and history inMarburg ,Vienna andHumboldt University of Berlin . He received a doctorate in 1933 in Berlin with the work "the fight for the Saar 1860 - 1870" and in 1936 received aHabilitation with a work on the Saarland Industrialist Carl Ferdinand von Stumm-Halberg. From 1933 to 1939 he worked in the SaarbrückenChamber of Commerce and Industry . From 1937 he was also a lecturer at the Saarbrücken teacher training university. In 1939/1940 Hellwig was managing director of the iron production organisation inDüsseldorf and until 1943 of the iron and steel producing industry in the southwest district. He was called up to serve in the armed forces in 1943 and served until 1947.After his dismissal from the army, Hellwig became an economic adviser in Duesseldorf and
Duisburg . From 1951 to 1959 he was acting director of the "German industrial institute" inCologne and also chairman of the “German Saarbundes”. His analysis had crucial influence on the "Saarpolitik" of ChancellorKonrad Adenauer .Party Politics
At first Hellwig had belonged to the Centre Party but in 1947 he joined the
CDU and immediately became a member of the political-economic committee for theRhineland . Later he was selected for the federal committee for economic policy and the federal promotion of the CDU. Hellwig was among the authors of the 1949 CDU publication "Düsseldorfer Leitsätze" (the Düsseldorf guiding principles).Public Representative
Dr. Hellwig represented the
Cologne II constituency in theBundestag from 1953 to November 1959. From21 September 1956 he was chairman of the Bundestag committee oneconomic policy . From 1953 to 1956 Hellwig was also a deputy delegate for theCouncil of Europe . In addition Dr. Hellwig was a member of the earlyEuropean Parliament from25 February 1959 to14 September 1959 .Public Office
Hellwig left the Budestag to become a member of the High Authority of the
European Coal and Steel Community . When this was merged in 1967 with the Commission ofEuropean Economic Community he became a vice-president of the newRey Commission andEuropean Commissioner for Science & Research .Publications
* " the fight for the Saar 1860 - 1870. Contributions to the Rhine politics Napoléons third ", Berlin 1933.
* " Carl baron von Stumm-Halberg ", Habilitation, Heidelberg/Saarbruecken, 1936.
* " Lorraine steel instead of Ruhr steel? ", Duesseldorf 1947.
* " the economic entwinements of the Saar ", Duesseldorf 1947.
* " Konrad Adenauer. To 125. Birthday ", in: Historical-political reports, number 8, 2001, pages 1 - 10.
* " European integration from historical experience ", a time witness discussion with Michael Gehler, Bonn 2004 ISSN|1435-3288 ISBN 3-936183-29-5 ( [http://aei.pitt.edu/1666/01/dp_c129_hellwig.pdf pdf; 0.6 MT] ).
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