Ursula Lehr

Ursula Lehr
Lehr in 2011
Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health
In office 9 December 1988 – 18 January 1991
Chancellor	Helmut Kohl
Preceded by	Rita Suessmuth
Personal details
Born	Ursula Maria Leipold (1930-06-05)5 June 1930 Frankfurt, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany
Died	25 April 2022(2022-04-25) (aged 91) Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Political party	Christian Democratic Union
Education	University of Frankfurt/Main University of Bonn
Awards	Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg

Ursula Lehr née Leipold (5 June 1930 – 25 April 2022) 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. 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.