Ursula Lehr | |
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.jpeg) Lehr in 2011 | |
| Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health | |
| In office 9 December 1988 – 18 January 1991 | |
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Rita Suessmuth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ursula Maria Leipold 5 June 1930 Frankfurt, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany |
| Died | 25 April 2022 (aged 91) Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
| Education | University of Frankfurt/Main University of Bonn |
| Awards | |
Ursula Lehr née Leipold (5 June 1930 – 25 April 2022) was a German academic, age researcher and politician. She was the first professor of gerontology in Germany, with a chair at the University of Heidelberg from 1986. She served as federal minister of youth, family, women and health from 1988 to 1991. She was a member of the Bundestag from 1990 to 1994. Returning to science, she founded the German centre for research on aging (DZFA) of the University of Heidelberg in 1995, and was head of the German National Association of Senior Citizens' Organizations (BAGSO) from 2009 to 2015.