Dieter Haack

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| office = Minister of Housing and Town Planning

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| chancellor = Helmut Schmidt

| predecessor = Karl Ravens

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| term_start = 16 February 1978

| term_end = 1982

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|9 June 1934|df=y}}

| birth_place = Karlsruhe, Nazi Germany

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| party = Social Democratic Party

| alma_mater = {{ubl|University of Erlangen–Nuremberg | University of Bonn}}

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| nationality = German

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Dieter Haack (born 9 June 1934) is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He served as the minister of housing und town planning between 1978 and 1982.

Early life and education

Haack was born in Karlsruhe on 9 June 1934.{{cite web|title=Dieter Haack|publisher=Munzinger|access-date=30 August 2023 |url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Dieter+Haack/0/13501.html|language=de}} He received a degree in law from the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg and a PhD in law from the University of Bonn. He was a legal trainee until 1963. During his university education he joined the SPD in 1961.

Career

Following his graduation Haack worked at different state institutions in Bavaria. He was elected to the Bundestag in 1969 where he served until 1990. He was the parliamentary state secretary at the Ministry of Housing until February 1978.{{cite news|author=Patricia Clough|title=Four young politicians appointed to Cabinet posts in reshuffle rejuvenate Herr Schmidt's team|access-date=30 August 2023|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS67338820/TTDA?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=a1051068|work=The Times

|issue=60228|date=4 February 1978|location=Bonn|page=4}} He was appointed minister of housing und town planning in a cabinet reshuffle on 16 February 1978 succeeding Karl Ravens in the post. Later the ministry headed by Haack was renamed as the Ministry of Regional Planning, Building and Urban Development.{{cite news|author=Dennis Topping Dwyer|title=Industry and politics|issue=60662|access-date=30 August 2023 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS620988123/TTDA?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=42f7e7fe|work=The Times|date=27 June 1980|page=37}} Haack served in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Helmut Schmidt until 1982.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/cocoon/barch/1/z/z1960a/kap1_8/para2_1.html|title=Haack, Dieter|language=de

|website=bundesarchive.com|access-date=30 August 2023}}

From 1990 to 2002 Haack was the president of the State Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.{{cite web|title=Ehemaliger Bundesminister Dieter Haack zu Gast in Fürnried|website=Onetz|date=11 October 2021|url=https://www.onetz.de/oberpfalz/birgland/ehemaliger-bundesminister-dieter-haack-gast-fuernried-id3339561.html|language=de|access-date=30 August 2023}}

=Awards=

Haack is the recipient of the Bavarian Order of Merit (1981) and the Order of Merit (1990).{{cite web|title=Dieter Haack|website=Who's Who|url=https://whoswho.de/bio/dieter-haack.html|language=de|access-date=30 August 2023}}

Haack was made the honorary citizen of Erlangen on 7 July 2004.{{cite web|title=Erlanger SPD gratuliert Ehrenbürger Dr. Dieter Haack

|website=SPD Erlangen|url=https://spd-erlangen.de/blog/erlanger-spd-gratuliert-ehrenbuerger-dr-dieter-haack/|language=de|access-date=30 August 2023}}