Rau, Johannes
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German politician (GVP, SPD)
Close associate of Brandt at the head of the SPD
- 1931 born
- 1952-1957 Member of the All-German People’s Party (GVP)
- Beginning in 1957 member of the SPD
- 1968-1999 Member of the SPD executive committee
- 1978-1999 Minister-President of North-Rhine-Westphalia
- 1982-1999 deputy SPD chairman
- 1987 SPD chancellor candidate
- 1999-2004 Federal President
- 2006 died
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