Hans-Christoph Seebohm

Hans-Christoph Seebohm (4 August 1903 – 17 September 1967) was a German politician of the national conservative German Party (Deutsche Partei, DP) and after 1960 the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was the minister of Transport for 17 years and the vice chancellor of West Germany in 1966.

Hans-Christoph Seebohm
Vice Chancellor of Germany
In office
8 November  1 December 1966
ChancellorLudwig Erhard
Preceded byErich Mende
Succeeded byWilly Brandt
Federal Minister of Transport
In office
20 September 1949  30 November 1966
ChancellorKonrad Adenauer (1949–1963)
Ludwig Erhard (1963–1966)
Preceded bynone
Succeeded byGeorg Leber
Member of the Bundestag
In office
7 September 1949  17 September 1967
Personal details
Born
Hans-Christoph Seebohm

(1903-08-04)4 August 1903
Emanuelssegen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
(today Murcki district, part of Katowice, Poland)
Died17 September 1967(1967-09-17) (aged 64)
Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Political partyNLP (1945–1957)
DP (1947–1960)
CDU (from 1960)
Children2, including Thomas Seebohm
Alma materTechnical College of Berlin
OccupationMining director, industrial manager, politician
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