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Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Kurt Georg Kiesinger was a German politician and lawyer who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1 December 1966 to 21 October 1969. Before he became chancellor, he served as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg from 1958 to 1966 and as President of the Bundesrat from 1962 to 1963. He was chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1967 to 1971.
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politics · Chancellor of West Germany from 1966 to 1969 · politician · lawyer · judge · jurist · head of government · member of parliament · also Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Kiesinger
Born 6 April 1904 · Died 9 March 1988 · Q2512
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2026· 1 entry
2023· 1 entry
Moviefone: Kurt Georg Kiesinger - Der Vermittler
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2005· 1 entry
Party leader Gregor Gysi accused them of dishonesty with reference to Kiesinger
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1988· 1 entry
Died 1988-03-09.
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1980· 1 entry
Kiesinger ended his career as politician and worked on his memoir
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1976· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1976–1980).
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1975· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (1975).
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1973· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chairman of the CDU/CSU Bundestag fraction (1973–1973).
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1972· 2 entries
Held the main speech for justification to the constructive vote of no confidence by the CDU/CSU parliamentary group against Willy Brandt in the Bundestag
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1972–1976).
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1970· 1 entry
Career landmark: substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1970–1971).
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1969· 2 entries
Campaign: 1969 federal election.
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1969–1972).
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1968· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (1968).
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1967· 2 entries
Via the abolition of the income ceiling for compulsory membership
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Career landmark: leader of the Christian Democratic Union (1967–1971).
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1966· 3 entries
Career landmark: Federal Chancellor of Germany (1966–1969).
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In the National Archives in Washington, D
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His interior minister Hans Filbinger succeeded him as minister-president
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1964· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1964).
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Won Hermann Hesse Medal of the City of Calw (1964).
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Career landmark: member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (1964–1966).
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1963· 1 entry
Career landmark: Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation (1963–1966).
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1962· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of the Bundesrat of Germany (1962–1963).
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1960· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1960).
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Career landmark: member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (1960–1964).
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1958· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg (1958–1966).
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1957· 2 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1957).
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1957–1959).
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1956· 1 entry
Awarded Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1956).
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1953· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1953–1957).
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1950· 2 entries
Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1950–1961).
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With the task of finding a consensus between government and opposition in the questions surrounding the creation of the Federal Constitutional Court
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1949· 3 entries
And was a member of the Bundestag until 1958 and again from 1969 to 1980
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Career landmark: member of the German Bundestag (1949–1953).
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Kiesinger was elected as a non-judicial member of the State Constitutional Court of Württemberg-Hohenzollern, however, due to his activities as a Bundestag deputy, he could not attend the court's sessions
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1948· 1 entry
Was reclassified into Category V (Exonerated, Entlasteter in Germany) and began practising law again, this time in Tübingen and Würzburg
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1947· 1 entry
Kiesinger was mentioned as the deputy leader of the broadcasting department in the distribution plan of the ministry
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1946· 1 entry
Became a member of the Christian Democratic Union
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1940· 1 entry
Was appointed to the broadcast policy department of the Foreign Office by Joachim von Ribbentrop, and became deputy head of the broadcasting and propaganda departments in 1942
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1931· 1 entry
Kiesinger passed his first state examination with very good results
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1904· 1 entry
Born 1904-04-06.
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