10 Facts About Fritz Hellwig

Fritz Hellwig was a German CDU politician and European Commissioner.

Fritz Hellwig was born in Saarbrucken and turned 100 in August 2012.

Fritz Hellwig died at age 104, being the last surviving member of the Second Bundestag.

Fritz Hellwig was called up to serve in the armed forces in 1943 and served until 1947.

Fritz Hellwig's analysis had a crucial influence on the "Saarpolitik" of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

At first, Fritz Hellwig had belonged to the Centre Party but in 1947 he joined the CDU and immediately became a member of the political-economic committee for the Rhineland.

Fritz Hellwig was among the authors of the 1949 CDU publication Dusseldorfer Leitsatze.

Fritz Hellwig represented the Cologne II constituency in the Bundestag from 1953 to November 1959.

From 1953 to 1956 Fritz Hellwig was a deputy delegate for the Council of Europe.

Fritz Hellwig left the Bundestag to become a member of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community.