Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1930)

Ernst Albrecht
Albrecht in 1988
Minister-President of Lower Saxony
In office
6 February 1976 – 21 June 1990
DeputyWilfried Hasselmann
Rötger Groß
Wilfried Hasselmann
Josef Stock
Preceded byAlfred Kubel
Succeeded byGerhard Schröder
President of the Bundesrat
In office
1 November 1985 – 31 October 1986
First Vice PresidentLothar Späth
Preceded byLothar Späth
Succeeded byHolger 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 byHans-Jürgen Mellentin
Succeeded byLutz von der Heide
ConstituencyBurgdorf
In office
10 July 1974 – 22 June 1982
Preceded byWerner Evers
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyWietze
In office
20 June 1970 – 10 July 1974
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyChristian Democratic Union List
Personal details
Born
Ernst Carl Julius Albrecht

(1930-06-29)29 June 1930
Heidelberg, Republic of Baden, Weimar Republic (now Germany)
Died13 December 2014(2014-12-13) (aged 84)
Burgdorf-Beinhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany
Political partyChristian Democratic Union
Spouse
Adele Stromeyer
(m. 1953; died 2002)
Children7, including Ursula and Hans-Holger
Parent
RelativesAlbrecht family
ResidenceBurgdorf-Beinhorn
Alma materUniversity of Tübingen
University of Bonn
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Economist
  • Lawyer
  • Businessman

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.

  1. ^ "Albrecht, Ernst". www.kas.de. 4 August 2010.