Ludger Westrick

{{Short description|German politician}}

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| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-64728-0012, Ludger Westrick (cropped).jpg

| caption = Westrick in 1959

| office = Head of the German Chancellery

| chancellor = Ludwig Erhard

| term_start = 18 October 1963

| term_end = 1 December 1966

| predecessor = Hans Globke

| successor = Werner Knieper

| office1 = Minister for Special Affairs

| chancellor1 = Willy Brandt

| term_start1 = 22 October 1969

| term_end1 = 15 December 1972

| predecessor1 = Heinrich Krone

| successor1 = Horst Ehmke

| party = Christian Democratic Union

| birth_name = Ludger Westrick

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|10|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Münster, German Empire
(now Germany)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|7|31|1894|10|23|df=y}}

| death_place = Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Ludger Westrick (23 October 1894 – 31 July 1990{{cite web |title=Ludger Westrick |url=https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/person/gnd/107701065 |website=Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek |access-date=15 December 2021}}) was a German politician (Christian Democratic Union) who served as Head of the German Chancellery from 1963 to 1966 and as Minister for Special Affairs from 1969 to 1972.{{cite web |title=Ludger Westrick |url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Ludger+Westrick/0/4416.html |website=Munzinger-Archiv |access-date=15 December 2021}}{{cite web |title=beileid zum tode von bundesminister a. d. dr. westrick |url=https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/service/bulletin/beileid-zum-tode-von-bundesminister-a-d-dr-westrick-786988 |website=bundesregierung.de |access-date=15 December 2021 |language=de}}