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Anke Fuchs | |
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 Anke Fuchs in 1982 | |
| Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health | |
| In office 28 April 1982 – 1 October 1982 | |
| Chancellor | Helmut Schmidt |
| Preceded by | Antje Huber |
| Succeeded by | Heiner Geißler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anke Nevermann (1937-07-05)5 July 1937 |
| Died | 14 October 2019(2019-10-14) (aged 82) Wilhelmshaven,Lower Saxony, Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Anke Fuchs (pronounced[ˈaŋkəˈfʊks];née Nevermann; 5 July 1937 – 14 October 2019) was a German lawyer and politician of theSocial Democratic Party of Germany. She wasFederal Minister for Youth, Family and Health (1982) andVice President of the Bundestag (1998–2002). From 2003 until 2010, she was the president of theFriedrich Ebert Foundation.
She was born Anke Nevermann inHamburg, the daughter ofPaul Nevermann who later became mayor of Hamburg, and his wife Grete.[1] Her parents met at home politicians such asHerbert Wehner,Kurt Schumacher,Wilhelm Pieck andOtto Grotewohl.[2] Her parents, both grandfathers and two brothers were party members of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD). She joined the party's youth organisation (Falken) as a school student, and was active in demonstrations against atomic weapons.[3] She became a party member in 1956, shortly before herAbitur.[4] The same year, she began to study law, completing with the Zweites Staatsexamen in 1964. She then worked as Referentin für Arbeitsrecht und Sozialpolitik forDeutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB) for the Nordmark district. She was member of the board of theIG Metall from 1971 to 1978.[1]
In 1977, Fuchs was appointed Secretary of State in theFederal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs by the then ministerHerbert Ehrenberg. In 1979, she became a member of the board (Parteivorstand) of the SPD.[1] She was elected to theBundestag in 1980 as a candidate from theCologne II district inNorth Rhine-Westphalia.[1]
On 28 April 1982, Fuchs was appointedFederal Minister for Youth, Family and Health by ChancellorHelmut Schmidt.[1][4] Following the election victory of the conservative opposition, she had to leave the cabinet on 4 October 1982.[1] She was offered candidacy for minister-president inLower Saxony in the 1980s, but declined in favour ofGerhard Schröder. In 1990, she was the SPD candidate for the position inSaxony, but the CDU withKurt Biedenkopf won the election.[5][2]
Fuchs was a member of the Bundestag until 2002. She was vice president of its SPD fraction from 1993 to 1998, and she served asVice President of the Bundestag from 1998 to 2002.[1] For many years she was president of theDeutscher Mieterbund [de] (German tenants' association), and she was president of theFriedrich Ebert Foundation from 2003 to 2010. She focused on national and international political education, support of young scientists in international cooperation, and European politics for peace and social reforms. She was honorary president from 2010.[1]
Fuchs was married and had two children.[6] She died on 14 October 2019 after a long illness, at the age of 82.[4]
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