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    The first Saturn-Hansa-Markt was opened in July 1961 by Friedrich Wilhelm and Anni Waffenschmidt at Cologne's Hansaring. Consumer electronics items were...
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    Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz (born 11 November 1955) is a German politician serving as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 31...
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    Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard (German: [ˈluːtvɪç ˈʔeːɐ̯haʁt]; 4 February 1897 – 5 May 1977) was a German politician and economist affiliated with the Christian...
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    this process was fostered by the fact that Waldbröl resident Horst Waffenschmidt was Commissioner for Ethnic German Immigrants (Aussiedlerbeauftragter)...
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    Otto Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von der Wenge Graf Lambsdorff, known as Otto Graf Lambsdorff (20 December 1926 – 5 December 2009), was a German politician...
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  • Horst Friedrich (born 12 October 1950) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and former member of the German Bundestag. Horst Friedrich...
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    Wilhelm Knabe (8 October 1923 – 30 January 2021) was a German ecologist, pacifist, civil servant and politician, remembered as a founding member of the...
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    Joachim Wilhelm Gauck (German: [joˈʔaxɪm ˈɡaʊk] ; born 24 January 1940) is a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2012 to 2017. A...
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    Friedrich Zimmermann (18 July 1925 – 16 September 2012) was a German politician and a member of the Christian Social Union (CSU). From 1982 to 1989, he...
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    Süssmuth Teiser Tiemann Töpfer Tröger Uelhoff Uldall Vogt Waffenschmidt Waldburg-Zeil Wetzel Wilhelm Willner Wilz Wimmer Wissmann Wonneberger Wülfing Würzbach...
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    (since 2020) Berlin Demography Forum, chairman of the Advisory Board Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), Member Witten/Herdecke University, Member of the...
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    Süssmuth Teiser Tiemann Töpfer Tröger Uelhoff Uldall Vogt Waffenschmidt Waldburg-Zeil Wetzel Wilhelm Willner Wilz Wimmer Wissmann Wonneberger Wülfing Würzbach...
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  • Süssmuth Teiser Tiemann Töpfer Tröger Uelhoff Uldall Vogt Waffenschmidt Waldburg-Zeil Wetzel Wilhelm Willner Wilz Wimmer Wissmann Wonneberger Wülfing Würzbach...
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    Wolfgang Walter Wilhelm Bosbach (born 11 June 1952) is a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which he joined in 1972...
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    Süssmuth Teiser Tiemann Töpfer Tröger Uelhoff Uldall Vogt Waffenschmidt Waldburg-Zeil Wetzel Wilhelm Willner Wilz Wimmer Wissmann Wonneberger Wülfing Würzbach...
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    victories in subsequent state elections. In February 2001, her rival Friedrich Merz voiced his intention to become Gerhard Schröder's main challenger...
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    Leipzig University 2004 – Erich-Kästner-Preis 2006 – Peace Prize of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation 2007 – Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia 2008...
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  • Thumbnail for Egon Klepsch
    Tillmann Todenhöfer Tübler Unland Vehar Verhülsdonk Vogel Vogt Volmer Waffenschmidt Wagner (until 8 April 1976) Wallmann Walz Wawrzik Weber Weizsäcker Werner...
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    Christian Democrats, with Angela Merkel taking over as CDU leader and Friedrich Merz as chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. Ahead of the 2005...
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    Jürgen Wilhelm Möllemann (15 July 1945 – 5 June 2003) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as Minister of State at the...
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    Süssmuth Teiser Tiemann Töpfer Tröger Uelhoff Uldall Vogt Waffenschmidt Waldburg-Zeil Wetzel Wilhelm Willner Wilz Wimmer Wissmann Wonneberger Wülfing Würzbach...
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    Süssmuth Teiser Tiemann Töpfer Tröger Uelhoff Uldall Vogt Waffenschmidt Waldburg-Zeil Wetzel Wilhelm Willner Wilz Wimmer Wissmann Wonneberger Wülfing Würzbach...
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    the party's leadership election in 2018, Biedenkopf publicly endorsed Friedrich Merz to succeed Merkel as chair. In 1985, Rühe strongly urged that Europe's...
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  • Tillmann Todenhöfer Tübler Unland Vehar Verhülsdonk Vogel Vogt Volmer Waffenschmidt Wagner (until 8 April 1976) Wallmann Walz Wawrzik Weber Weizsäcker Werner...
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  • SPD Gottfried Köster, CDU Lothar Krall, FDP Wilhelm Krampe, CDU Konrad Kraske, CDU Paul Kratz, SPD Friedrich Kreibaum, FDP (from 15 December 1975) Reinhold...
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    Alexander Johann Heinrich Friedrich Möller (26 April 1903 – 2 October 1985) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Möller was born...
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    was elected leader of the CDU, winning 52.8% of delegates votes against Friedrich Merz in the second round of the contest. The result of the election was...
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    Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin 2004 ISBN 3-937731-00-8 Sabine Bergmann-Pohl & Wilhelm Staudacher (ed.): "The cry for freedom." The Hungarian Revolution of 1956...
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    with Brandt's reconciliatory efforts towards the east. On 23 April 1972, Wilhelm Helms (FDP) left the coalition. The FDP politicians Knud von Kühlmann-Stumm...
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    Tillmann Todenhöfer Tübler Unland Vehar Verhülsdonk Vogel Vogt Volmer Waffenschmidt Wagner (until 8 April 1976) Wallmann Walz Wawrzik Weber Weizsäcker Werner...
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