Federal President Theodor Heuss

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Federal President Theodor Heuss was the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany, serving from 1949 to 1959 and helping to shape the country’s postwar democratic identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Federal President of Germany
author
human
journalist
politician
awardReceived 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

Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
surface form: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
burialPlace Waldfriedhof Stuttgart
causeOfDeath illness
countryOfCitizenship West Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

Germany
dateOfBirth 31 January 1884
dateOfDeath 12 December 1963
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
endTimeInOffice 12 September 1959
familyName Federal President Theodor Heuss self-linksurface differs
surface form: Heuss
fieldOfStudy economics
history
political science
givenName Theodor
headOfGovernmentDuringTerm Konrad Adenauer
knownFor first President of the Federal Republic of Germany
shaping postwar democratic identity of West Germany
memberOf Bundestag
surface form: Bundestag of Germany

Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
Weimar National Assembly
memberOfPoliticalParty Free Democratic Party
German Democratic Party
notableWork books on liberalism and democracy
occupation editor
journalist
politician
university lecturer
officeContested President of the Federal Republic of Germany
orderInOffice first President of the Federal Republic of Germany
placeOfBirth Brackenheim
Kingdom of Württemberg
placeOfDeath Baden-Württemberg
Stuttgart
positionHeld President of Germany
surface form: President of the Federal Republic of Germany

chairman of the Free Democratic Party
member of the Bundestag
member of the Reichstag
religion Protestantism
residence Bonn
sexOrGender male
spouse Elly Heuss-Knapp
startTimeInOffice 12 September 1949

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Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany foundedBy Federal President Theodor Heuss
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