Johannes Rau

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Johannes Rau was a German Social Democratic politician who served as President of Germany from 1999 to 2004 and previously as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Label Occurrences
Johannes Rau canonical 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German politician
Social Democratic Party of Germany politician
human
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 of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
Order of the Falcon
Order of the Netherlands Lion
Royal Order of the Seraphim
surface form: Order of the Seraphim

Order of the Three Stars
Order of the White Double Cross
Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
causeOfDeath heart failure
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1931-01-16
dateOfDeath 2006-01-27
educatedAt secondary school in Wuppertal
familyName Rau
givenName Johannes
hasHonorificTitle Dr. h.c. mult.
memberOfPoliticalParty Social Democratic Party of Germany
nativeLanguage German
numberOfChildren 3
occupation politician
officeEndTime 2004-06-30
officeStartTime 1999-07-01
parliamentaryGroup Social Democratic Party of Germany
placeOfBirth Wuppertal
placeOfDeath Berlin
positionHeld Mayor of Wuppertal
Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
President of Germany
President of the Bundesrat of Germany
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
religiousDenomination Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
residence Berlin
Düsseldorf
Wuppertal
sexOrGender male
signature Johannes Rau signature
spouse Christina Rau
termEndAsMinisterPresidentOfNorthRhineWestphalia 1998
termEndAsPresidentOfGermany 2004
termStartAsMinisterPresidentOfNorthRhineWestphalia 1978
termStartAsPresidentOfGermany 1999
workLocation Berlin
Bonn
Düsseldorf

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Input
Subject: Johannes Rau
Description of subject: Johannes Rau was a German Social Democratic politician who served as President of Germany from 1999 to 2004 and previously as Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof, Berlin notableBurial Johannes Rau
subject surface form: Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof
Second Schröder cabinet stateHead Johannes Rau
Horst Köhler predecessor Johannes Rau