[1] After the end of World War II, he was one of the founders of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and served as chairman in the British occupation zone (1946-1949) and as Federal Chairman (1949-1954).

[2] From 1949 to 1957, Blücher was a member of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's cabinet.

[3] As representative of the second-largest government party, he was the first vice chancellor of Germany and also held the Ministry for Matters of the Marshall Plan, which in 1953 was renamed Ministry for Economic Cooperation.

Blücher died on 26 March 1959 in Bad Godesberg, Bonn, West Germany.

In 1956, Blücher received the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria.