13 Facts About Anke Fuchs

Anke Fuchs was Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health and Vice President of the Bundestag.

Anke Fuchs's parents met at home politicians such as Herbert Wehner, Kurt Schumacher, Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl.

Anke Fuchs joined the party's youth organisation as a school student, and was active in demonstrations against atomic weapons.

Anke Fuchs became a party member in 1956, shortly before her Abitur.

Anke Fuchs then worked as Referentin fur Arbeitsrecht und Sozialpolitik for Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund for the Nordmark district.

Anke Fuchs was member of the board of the IG Metall from 1971 to 1978.

In 1977, Fuchs was appointed Secretary of State in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs by the then minister Herbert Ehrenberg.

Anke Fuchs was elected to the Bundestag in 1980 as a candidate from the Cologne II district in North Rhine-Westphalia.

On 28 April 1982, Anke Fuchs was appointed Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health by Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.

Anke Fuchs was offered candidacy for minister-president in Lower Saxony in the 1980s, but declined in favour of Gerhard Schroder.

Anke Fuchs was vice president of its SPD fraction from 1993 to 1998, and she served as Vice President of the Bundestag from 1998 to 2002.

Anke Fuchs focused on national and international political education, support of young scientists in international cooperation, and European politics for peace and social reforms.

Anke Fuchs died on 14 October 2019 after a long illness, at the age of 82.