Richard von Weizsäcker

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Christian Democratic Union politician human lawyer politician statesman

Richard von Weizsäcker was a prominent German statesman and Christian Democratic Union politician who served as President of Germany during the pivotal years of reunification.

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instanceOf Christian Democratic Union politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
awardReceived Charlemagne Prize ⓘ
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Leo Baeck Medal ⓘ
birthCountry Germany ⓘ
birthDate 1920-04-15 ⓘ
birthPlace Stuttgart ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Germany ⓘ
deathDate 2015-01-31 ⓘ
deathPlace Berlin ⓘ
denomination Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
educatedAt University of Bonn ⓘ
University of Göttingen ⓘ
University of Tübingen ⓘ
familyName Richard von Weizsäcker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: von Weizsäcker
father Ernst von Weizsäcker ⓘ
fieldOfStudy law ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
honoraryDegree Harvard University ⓘ
University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology Christian democracy ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of reconciliation with Eastern Europe and Israel ⓘ
mayoralTermEnd 1984-06-15 ⓘ
mayoralTermStart 1981-02-11 ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democratic Union of Germany ⓘ
militaryService Wehrmacht ⓘ
name Richard von Weizsäcker self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableFor 1985 speech on the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II ⓘ
role in German reunification ⓘ
officeEndTime 1994-06-30 ⓘ
officeHeld Governing Mayor of West Berlin ⓘ
President of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
officeStartTime 1984-07-01 ⓘ
politicalAlignment centre-right ⓘ
positionHeld Governing Mayor of West Berlin ⓘ
Member of the German Bundestag ⓘ
President of Germany ⓘ
surface form: President of the Federal Republic of Germany

Vice President of the German Bundestag ⓘ
publication “Von Deutschland aus” ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
sibling Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker ⓘ
spouse Marianne von Weizsäcker ⓘ

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