Egon Franke (11 April 1913 – 26 April 1995)^[1] was a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Federal Minister for Intra-German Relations from 1969 to 1982 and, for the short period between the breakup of the SPD-FDP coalition on 17 September 1982 and the constructive vote of no confidence on 1 October of the same year, by which Helmut Kohl replaced Helmut Schmidt, as Vice Chancellor of Germany. With a tenure of 14 days he is, as yet, the vice chancellor with the shortest time in office.

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Egon Franke
Franke in 1976
Vice Chancellor of Germany
West Germany
In office 17 September 1982 – 1 October 1982
President	Karl Carstens
Chancellor	Helmut Schmidt
Preceded by	Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Succeeded by	Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Minister of Intra-German Relations
In office 22 October 1969 – 1 October 1982
Chancellor	Willy Brandt Helmut Schmidt
Preceded by	Herbert Wehner
Succeeded by	Rainer Barzel
Personal details
Born	(1913-04-11)11 April 1913 Hanover, Germany
Died	26 April 1995(1995-04-26) (aged 82) Hanover, Germany
Political party	Social Democratic Party

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