Manfred Wörner

Hermann Manfred Wörner ( Stuttgart - Bad Cannstatt , September 24th 1934 - Brussels , August 13 1994 ) was a German politician of the CDU .

Wörner became a member of the CDU in 1956. From 1965 to 1988, Wörner member of the Bundestag . From October 4, 1982 he was Minister of Defense in the first government of Helmut Kohl . On 18 May 1988 he resigned as minister.

On 1 July 1988 he became NATO secretary-general . He died in this position from the effects of cancer . He was buried at the village cemetery in Hohenstaufen in Göppingen .