Ernst Albrecht | |
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Minister-President of Lower Saxony | |
In office 6 February 1976 – 21 June 1990 | |
Deputy | Wilfried Hasselmann Rötger Groß Wilfried Hasselmann Josef Stock |
Preceded by | Alfred Kubel |
Succeeded by | Gerhard Schröder |
President of the Bundesrat | |
In office 1 November 1985 – 31 October 1986 | |
First Vice President | Lothar Späth |
Preceded by | Lothar Späth |
Succeeded by | Holger Börner |
Director-General of the Directorate-General for Competition | |
In office 1967–1970 | |
Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony | |
In office 22 June 1982 – 21 June 1990 | |
Preceded by | Hans-Jürgen Mellentin |
Succeeded by | Lutz von der Heide |
Constituency | Burgdorf |
In office 10 July 1974 – 22 June 1982 | |
Preceded by | Werner Evers |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Constituency | Wietze |
In office 20 June 1970 – 10 July 1974 | |
Preceded by | multi-member district |
Succeeded by | multi-member district |
Constituency | Christian Democratic Union List |
Personal details | |
Born | Ernst Carl Julius Albrecht 29 June 1930 Heidelberg, Republic of Baden, Weimar Republic (now Germany) |
Died | 13 December 2014 (aged 84) Burgdorf-Beinhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany |
Political party | Christian Democratic Union |
Spouse |
Adele Stromeyer
(m. 1953; died 2002) |
Children | 7, including Ursula and Hans-Holger |
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Relatives | Albrecht family |
Residence | Burgdorf-Beinhorn |
Alma mater | University of Tübingen University of Bonn |
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Ernst Carl Julius Albrecht (29 June 1930[1] – 13 December 2014) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union and a former high-ranking European civil servant. He was one of the first European civil servants appointed in 1958 and served as Director-General of the Directorate-General for Competition from 1967 to 1970. He served as Minister President of the state of Lower Saxony from 1976 to 1990. He was the father of the politician Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission.