Werner Knieper

Werner Knieper (December 24, 1909 – July 17, 1977) was a German political official and manager.

During World War II he served in the artillery as a reserve captain, most recently in the Wehrmacht command staff.

On May 15, 1968, Knieper became chairman of the board of the Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW) in Bremen.

After the merger of VFW with Fokker, he became chairman of the board of directors of the central company VFW-Fokker and in April 1970 also chairman of the supervisory board of Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke Fokker GmbH in Bremen (until 1974).

From 1973 to 1974 Knieper was President of the Federal Association of the German Aerospace Industry (BDLI).

Knieper (pictured right) is appointed State Secretary by Kurt Georg Kiesinger in 1966