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Born January 31, 1884 • Germany
Died December 12, 1963 (aged 79) • Stuttgart • Germany
Title / Office president (1949-1959), West Germany
Founder Free Democratic Party
Political Affiliation Free Democratic Party • German Democratic Party

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Heuss, 1951
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Hans-Dietrich Genscher
German foreign minister
Konrad Adenauer, 1966
Konrad Adenauer
chancellor of West Germany
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt
German statesman
Helmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl
chancellor of Germany
German football (soccer) player Franz Beckenbauer is one of only three people to win the World Cup as a player and as a coach (1974 and 1990, respectively)
Franz Beckenbauer
German football (soccer) player
Strauss, Franz Josef
Franz Josef Strauss
German politician
Maximilian I
Maximilian I
king of Bavaria
Helmut Schmidt
Helmut Schmidt
chancellor of West Germany
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Arnold Brecht
German political scientist
Kiesinger, Kurt
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
German statesman
Schumacher, Kurt
Kurt Schumacher
German politician
Ludwig Erhard, 1962.
Ludwig Erhard
German statesman
Montgelas de Garnerin, detail from an engraving by E.C. Hess, 1816
Maximilian Joseph, count von Montgelas de Garnerin
Bavarian statesman
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Charles Augustus
duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Carstens, Karl
Karl Carstens
president of West Germany
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Hermann J. Abs
German banker
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Alfred Herrhausen
German industrialist
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Hugo Preuss
German political theorist
Rediscovering the West German president Heinrich Lübke
Heinrich Lübke
German statesman
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Heinrich von Brentano
German politician