Egon Bahr

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German politician diplomat human journalist member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany

Egon Bahr was a German politician and key architect of West Germany’s Ostpolitik, the policy of détente and normalization of relations with Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War.

Aliases (1)

Egon Karl-Heinz Bahr ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German politician → diplomat → human → journalist → member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany →
authorOf	Wandel durch Annäherung →
awardReceived	Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → Willy Brandt Prize →
citizenship	Germany →
conceptCoined	Wandel durch Annäherung →
contributedTo	Basic Treaty between East and West Germany (1972) → Treaty of Moscow (1970) → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) →
countryOfBirth	Germany →
countryOfDeath	Germany NERFINISHED →
dateOfBirth	1922-03-18 →
dateOfDeath	2015-08-19 →
education	journalistic training →
employer	Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED → West German government →
familyName	Bahr →
fieldOfWork	East–West relations → German reunification policy → foreign policy →
givenName	Egon →
hasWork	Wandel durch Annäherung →
ideology	social democracy →
knownFor	architect of West German Ostpolitik →
languageSpoken	German →
movement	Ostpolitik →
name	Egon Karl-Heinz Bahr →
notableFor	Ostpolitik →
occupation	diplomat → journalist → politician →
placeOfBirth	Treffurt →
placeOfDeath	Berlin NERFINISHED →
politicalParty	Social Democratic Party of Germany →
positionHeld	Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany → Head of the Federal Chancellery of Germany → SPD federal executive member → member of the Bundestag →
religion	Protestantism →
residence	Berlin NERFINISHED → Bonn →
servedUnder	Helmut Schmidt → Willy Brandt →
spouse	Dorothea Bahr NERFINISHED →
workPeriod	Cold War →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ostpolitik →	associatedWith
Wandel durch Annäherung →	firstFormulatedBy
Wandel durch Annäherung →	formulatedBy
Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) →	keyFigure
Egon Bahr ("Egon Karl-Heinz Bahr") →	name
Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972) →	negotiatedBy