Heino Hankewitz (born 20 January 1954 in Viru-Nigula, Lääne-Virumaa, Estonia) is an Estonian social manager.
Heino Hankewitz graduated from Aseri Secondary School in 1972 and Tallinn Pedagogical University (currently University of Tallinn) in 1986 in Estonian language and literature.
Heino Hankewitz has worked as a teacher in Aseri Secondary School, as a journalist in youth newspaper Säde, in Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs, as a manager of many social projects. From 1989 to 1995 he worked in Ministry of Social Affairs as an adviser, vice manager of a department and as a manager of a department. From 1995 he has been involved in both Estonia and Germany, working in both countries. From 1997 to 1999 he worked as the chairman of the commission of senior policy within the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Heino Hankewitz is one of the founders and the chairman of Self-Help and Advisory Centre for Senior Citizens in Tallinn. In 2002 he was trained as a social manager in Berlin. He lives in Berlin, Germany and works as a social manager in social and charity organisation Volkssolidarität. He has published many articles and publications.
Heino (born 13 December 1938 as Heinz Georg Kramm) is a German singer of popular music (Schlager) and traditional Volksmusik. Having sold a total of over 50 million records, he is one of the most successful German musicians ever.
Known for his baritone voice and trademark combination of light blond hair and dark sunglasses (which he wears due to exophthalmos), Heino resides in the town of Bad Münstereifel, where he owned a cafe until June 2012. His interest in music started when his mother gave him an accordion in 1948, although his family could barely afford it.
Heino was born December 13, 1938 in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk, Germany to Heinrich and Franziska Kramm. His father was a Catholic dentist, his mother a Protestant. His grandfather was the organist at the Cathedral of Cologne. He also had two cousins who were Catholic priests. Heino's father was drafted into the German army during World War II, and was killed August 2, 1941 during the invasion of the Soviet Union.
Until 1945, Heino lived with his mother and his older sister Hannelore in Pomerania. In 1945 he began school in Großenhain (Saxony). After 1952 he went to Düsseldorf where he initially trained as a baker and confectioner. In June, 1959, he married 18-year-old Henriette Heppner. They had one son, Uwe, born in 1962, and subsequently divorced. He married his second wife, Lilo Kramm, in 1965; their marriage ended in divorce in 1978. Lilo died of cancer on January 28, 2010.
Heino is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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