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Karl Carstens
Karl Carstens was a German politician. He served as the president of West Germany from 1979 to 1984.
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Born 14 December 1914 · Died 30 May 1992 · Q2569
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2025· 2 entries
Badische Zeitung: Karl Carstens
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2023· 1 entry
WESER-KURIER: Bürgermeister Wilhelm Kaisen sah ihn als potenziellen Nachfolger. Doch es kam anders. Statt Stadtoberhaupt wurde Karl Carstens Staatsoberhaupt.
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2014· 1 entry
Die Tageszeitung: Erinnerung an Karl Carstens: Der Sohn des toten Vaters
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2003· 1 entry
“Indonesian VP: United States Is 'Terrorist King'”
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1992· 1 entry
Died 1992-05-30.
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1986· 2 entries
Awarded Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize (1986).
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Won Lucius D. Clay Medal (1986).
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1984· 2 entries
Awarded Charlemagne Prize (1984).
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Carstens decided not to seek a second term on account of his age and left office on 30 June 1984
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Dijon (1983).
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (1982).
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Collar of the Order of Charles III presented by Juan Carlos I of Spain (1981).
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (1980).
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1979· 5 entries
Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1979).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1979).
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“Of the Terrorism of Some Idiots and Other Matters”
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The party nominated Carstens, though in contestation due to his Nazi past, as candidate, whereafter incumbent President Walter Scheel (FDP) chose to renounce a second term
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Career landmark: president of Germany (1979–1984).
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1977· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (1977).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1977).
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1976· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1976).
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Career landmark: President of the Bundestag (1976–1979).
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1976–1979).
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1974· 1 entry
Career landmark: substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1974–1977).
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1973· 2 entries
Career landmark: substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1973–1973).
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Career landmark: Chairman of the CDU/CSU Bundestag fraction (1973–1976).
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1972· 3 entries
Carstens was first elected into the Bundestag, of which he was a member until 1979
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This action gave rise to a discussion whether such a step constitutes a "manipulation of the Constitution"
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1972–1976).
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1968· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chancellery Chief of Staff (1968–1969).
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1966· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ (1966).
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Career landmark: secretary of state from Germany (1966–1967).
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1965).
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1964· 2 entries
Awarded honorary citizen of Berlin (1964).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Bonn (1964).
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1962· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (1962).
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“...the purpose of terrorism, not to kill, maim or destroy, but to terrorize, to frighten, to anger, to provoke irrational responses. Terrorism gains more from the responses than it gains from the actions themselves.”
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Military Order of Christ (1960).
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1959· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1959).
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1955· 1 entry
Joined the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
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1954· 1 entry
Joined the diplomatic service of the German Foreign Office, serving as West German representative at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg
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1944· 1 entry
Carstens married the medical student Veronica Prior in Berlin
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1940· 1 entry
Joined the Nazi Party; reportedly, he had applied for admission in 1937 to avoid detrimental treatment when he worked as a law clerk
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1938· 1 entry
And taking the Second Staatsexamen degree in 1939
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1914· 1 entry
Born 1914-12-14.
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