Fritz Hellwig

Fritz Hellwig
Hellwig in 1953
European Commissioner for Research, Technology and Information Distribution
In office
2 July 1967 – 30 June 1970
PresidentJean Rey
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byRalf Dahrendorf (Research, Science and Education)
Altiero Spinelli (Industry and Technology)
Personal details
Born(1912-08-03)3 August 1912
Saarbrücken, Prussia
(now Germany)
Died22 July 2017(2017-07-22) (aged 104)
Political partyChristian Democratic Union
Alma materUniversity of Marburg
University of Vienna
University of Berlin

Fritz Hellwig (3 August 1912 – 22 July 2017) was a German CDU politician and European Commissioner. He was born in Saarbrücken and turned 100 in August 2012.[1] and died on 22 July 2017 at the age of 104.[2] He died at age 104, being the last surviving member of the Second Bundestag.

  1. ^ "Prof. Dr. Fritz Hellwig wird 100 Jahre". Aktuelle Meldungen (in German). Government of Saarland. 9 August 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  2. ^ Marc Beise: Ein Europäer, Nachruf auf sueddeutsche.de, 25. Juli 2017.