F. Enzio Busche

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Friedrich Enzio Busche (born April 5, 1930, Dortmund, Germany) was the first resident of Germany called as a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Carl W. Buehner, the only German to serve as a general authority previously, had lived for a long time in the United States prior to his call as a general authority.

At age 10, Busche joined the Hitler Youth, as all males age ten to 18 were required to do.^[1] Busche's family left Dortmund after the beganning of the Second World War. Near the end of the war Busche was drafted into the German Army during their last ditch attempts to avoid loss. After the war, Busche returned to Dortmund where he lived in a large part on the molasses that had poured out of a supply train American soldiers had attacked.^[1]

After the war, Busche completed high school and then studied at universities in Bonn and Freiberg. He then took over a printing business from his father. Under his direction the company grew to being one of the larger ones in Germany. It was also one of the few companies in Germany at that time that used a participatory style of leadership. ^[1]

Busche married Jutta Baum in 1955. Busche and Jutta joined the LDS Church in 1958. He served in many local positions in the church, eventually serving as a counselor in the Central German Mission Presidency.

Busche was serving as church regional representative to the German regions in 1973 and spoke at the continental Europe Area conference held in Münich that year.^[2]

Busche was called as a member of the church's First Quorum of the Seventy on October 1, 1977. He served in this position until October 7, 2000, when he was given emeritus general authority status.^[3] For the first three years of Busche's time as a general authority he served as president of the Germany Munich Mission.^[1]