Theodor Blank
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Theodor Blank (born September 19, 1905 in Elz an der Lahn; died May 14, 1972 in Bonn) was a German politician of the CDU. He was one of the founders of the CDU in 1945, when World War II had ended.
From 1949 to 1972 he was a member of the German Bundestag, in which he served from 1965 to 1969 as deputy chief of CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion.
He served as the Defence Minister of Germany from 1955 to 1956 and as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs from 1957 to 1965.