Wehner, Herbert

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German politician (KPD, SPD)
Partner and rival of Brandt at the head of the SPD

  • 1906 born
  • 1927-1942 Member of the KPD
  • 1933-1935 Activity in the communist resistance against the NS regime
  • 1935-1946 Exile in the Soviet Union and in Sweden
  • 1942-1944 Arrest in Sweden for espionage
  • 1946 Joined the SPD
  • 1949-1983 Member of the Bundestag
  • 1958-1973 Deputy party chairman
  • 1966-1969 Federal Minister for All-German Issues
  • 1969-1983 Chairman of the SPD Bundestag fraction
  • 1990 died
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SPD Politician in divided Berlin 1947-1956

Governing Mayor and Candidate for Chancellor 1957-1966

Foreign Minister and Federal Chancellor in Bonn 1967-1974

International statesman without government office 1975-1982

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