Ursula Lehr

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

Life Early life and education Ursula Maria Leipold was born in Frankfurt on 5 June 1930; She obtained the Abitur at a gymnasium for girls in Offenbach am Main. her husband worked for an of the CDU/CSU. In 1988, Chancellor Helmut Kohl offered her the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, hoping that she would improve the situation of elderly citizens, based on her scientific research. She served in the Bundestag from 1990 to 1994.