What is Karl Ravens?
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F055059-0025, Köln, SPD-Parteitag, Ravens.jpg|thumb|Karl Ravens in 1978]] '''Karl Ravens''' (June 29, 1927 – September 8, 2017) was a German politician. Ravens was a member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]] (SPD). He served as the Federal Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development for [[West Germany]] from 1974 to 1978.<ref name=ha>{{cite news |first=Michael B. |last=Berger |title=Ex-SPD-Landeschef Karl Ravens ist tot |url=http://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Politik/Niedersachsen/Ex-SPD-Landeschef-Karl-Ravens-ist-tot |work=[[Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung]] |date=2017-09-13 |access-date=2017-10-01 |archive-date=2017-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926191534/http://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Politik/Niedersachsen/Ex-SPD-Landeschef-Karl-Ravens-ist-tot |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was also a member of the [[synod]] of the [[Evangelical Church in Germany]] from 1979 to 1981. Ravens was born in [[Achim]], [[Lower Saxony]], and died in [[Hanover]], at the age of 90.<ref name=ha/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ravens, Karl}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Members of the German Bundestag]] [[Category:German Lutherans]] [[Category:Housing and Urban Development ministers of Germany]] [[Category:Politicians from Lower Saxony]] [[Category:Politicians of the Social Democratic Party of Germany]] {{bio-stub}}