Liselotte Funcke

Liselotte Funcke
Liselotte Funcke in 1974
Member of the Bundestag
In office 17 October 1961 – 23 November 1979
Personal details
Born	(1918-07-20)20 July 1918 Hagen, German Empire
Died	1 August 2012(2012-08-01) (aged 94) Hagen, Germany
Nationality	German
Political party	FDP
Occupation	Politician

Liselotte Funcke (20 July 1918 – 1 August 2012) was a German liberal politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). She was a member of the German Bundestag parliament from 1961 to 1979, serving as its vice president from 1969. She then was appointed state Minister of Economy in North Rhine-Westphalia, the first woman in the position. Funcke is remembered for her engagements to integrate foreigners in German society, as the Federal Commissioner for Foreigners (Ausländerbeauftragte) from 1981 to 1991, and afterwards.