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Also Known As Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm
Born December 18, 1913 • Lübeck • Germany
Died October 8, 1992 or October 9, 1992 • Germany
Title / Office chancellor (1969-1974), West Germany • foreign minister (1966-1969), West Germany • Bundestag (1949-1974), West Germany
Political Affiliation Social Democratic Party of Germany
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1971)
Role In Ostpolitik

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