Erich Mende

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Erich Mende
Mende in 1961
Vice Chancellor of West Germany
In office 17 October 1963 – 28 October 1966
President	Heinrich Lübke
Chancellor	Ludwig Erhard
Preceded by	Ludwig Erhard
Succeeded by	Hans-Christoph Seebohm
Federal Minister of All-German Affairs
In office 17 October 1963 – 28 October 1966
Chancellor	Ludwig Erhard
Preceded by	Rainer Barzel
Succeeded by	Johann Baptist Gradl
Member of the Bundestag
In office 7 September 1949 – 4 November 1980
Personal details
Born	(1916-10-28)28 October 1916 Groß Strehlitz, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	6 May 1998(1998-05-06) (aged 81) Bonn, Germany
Political party	FDP CDU (from 1970)
Alma mater	University of Cologne, University of Bonn
Occupation	Soldier, politician
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Erich Mende (28 October 1916 – 6 May 1998) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was the leader of FDP from 1960 to 1968 and the vice chancellor of Germany from 1963 to 1966.