Carstens, Karl

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German politician (CDU)
Chairman of the CDU/CSU faction in the last years of Brandt’s chancellorship

  • 1914 born
  • 1960-1966 State secretary in the Foreign Office
  • 1966-1967 State secretary in the Federal Ministry for Defence
  • 1968-1969 State secretary in the Federal Chancellery
  • 1972-1979 Member of the Bundestag
  • 1973-1976 Chairman of the CDU/CSU faction in the Bundestag
  • 1976-1979 President of the Bundestag
  • 1979-1984 Federal president
  • 1992 died
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Dedicated European and German Patriot 1983-1992

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