Fritz Hellwig

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. and died on 22 July 2017 at the age of 104. He died at age 104, being the last surviving member of the Second Bundestag.

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
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