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Ursula Lehr

German academic and politician · Germany · On the map · Academics · Lived 1930 to 2022 · aged 91

Ursula Lehr, née Leipold, was a German academic, age researcher and politician. She was the first professor of gerontology in Germany, with a chair at the University of Heidelberg from 1986. She served as federal minister of youth, family, women and health from 1988 to 1991.

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2022Died25 April 20222019Order of Merit of North Rhine-WestphaliaAward2016Hessian Order of MeritAward2014Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1999Order of Merit of Baden-WürttembergAward1988Honorary doctor of the University of FribourgAward1930Born5 June 1930

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Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia2019
Hessian Order of Merit2016
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2014
Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg1999
Honorary doctor of the University of Fribourg1988

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She was a member of the Bundestag from 1990 to 1994. Returning to science, she founded the German centre for research on aging (DZFA) of the University of Heidelberg in 1995, and was head of the German National Association of Senior Citizens' Organizations (BAGSO) from 2009 to 2015.

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1930 to 2022 · aged 91

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