Kurt Georg Kiesinger

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Kurt Georg Kiesinger was a West German politician who served as Chancellor from 1966 to 1969, leading a grand coalition government during a pivotal period of postwar reconstruction and Cold War tensions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German politician
human
causeOfDeath heart failure
coalitionGovernmentWith Social Democratic Party of Germany
countryOfCitizenship Germany
West Germany
dateOfBirth 1904-04-06
dateOfDeath 1988-03-09
educatedAt Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen NERFINISHED
endTime 1969-10-21
familyName Kurt Georg Kiesinger
surface form: "Kiesinger"
fieldOfWork domestic policy of West Germany
foreign policy of West Germany
givenName Kurt
hasHonorificTitle Dr. jur.
headOfGovernment West Germany
surface form: "Federal Republic of Germany"
memberOf Bundestag
Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democratic Union of Germany
name Kurt Georg Kiesinger
nativeLanguage German
notableWork leadership of the 1966–1969 grand coalition
numberOfChildren 2
occupation lawyer
politician
officeContested Chancellor of Germany
surface form: "Chancellorship of West Germany"
participatedIn Cold War
surface form: "Cold War politics"

postwar reconstruction of West Germany
placeOfBirth Ebingen
Kingdom of Württemberg
placeOfDeath Tübingen
politicalAlignment conservative
positionHeld Chancellor of West Germany
Minister President of Baden-Württemberg
deputy leader of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group
member of the Bundestag
precededBy Ludwig Erhard
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Bonn
Stuttgart
sexOrGender male
spouse Marie-Luise Kiesinger
startTime 1966-12-01
succeededBy Willy Brandt

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Kurt Georg Kiesinger familyName Kurt Georg Kiesinger
this entity surface form: "Kiesinger"
University of Tübingen hasNotableAlumnus Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Kurt Georg Kiesinger name Kurt Georg Kiesinger