Franz-Josef Wuermeling (8 November 1900 – 7 March 1986) was a West German CDU politician and minister who served as Federal Minister for Family Affairs from 1953 to 1962.

[4] Wuermeling was the mayor of Linz for a year in 1945 before being elected to the Rhineland Landtag (Parliament) where he served as a Secretary in the State Ministry of the Interior from 1947 to 1949.

[4] After the 1953 election, Wuermeling was appointed the first Federal Minister for Family Affairs.

[6] Wuermeling would stay in the post through Adenauer's second, third and fourth ministries until December 1962.

[7][8] He introduced the so-called "Wuermeling pass" which enabled families with children to travel at a discounted price.