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Bernhard Vogel

1932 - 2025

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Bernhard Vogel (German: [ˈbɛʁnhaʁt ˈfoːɡl̩]; 19 December 1932 – 2 March 2025) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was the 4th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1976 to 1988 and the second Minister President of Thuringia from 1992 to 2003. He was the only person to have been head of two different German federal states and was the longest-governing Minister President of Germany. He served as the 28th and 40th President of the Bundesrat in 1976 to 1977 and 1987 to 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernhard Vogel is the 10,897th most popular politician (up from 15,688th in 2019), the 3,153rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,065th in 2019) and the 918th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bernhard Vogel ranks 10,897 out of 19,576. Before him are Zeng Gong, Sviatoslav III of Vladimir, Quintus Marcius Rex, Sexred, Ottokar III of Styria, and Ptolemy of Cyprus. After him are Hammer DeRoburt, Zindzi Mandela, William VII, Marquis of Montferrat, Mahendra of Nepal, Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany, and Jacob Hübner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Bernhard Vogel ranks 208. Before him are Jerry Unser Jr., Bill Foulkes, Mancur Olson, Igor Kirillov, Helmut Griem, and Stefanie Zweig. After him are Blagoje Adžić, Katarina Taikon, Rudolph Rummel, Henri Namphy, Christiane Kubrick, and Vasco de Almeida e Costa. Among people deceased in 2025, Bernhard Vogel ranks 144. Before him are Norair Nurikyan, Jean-Louis Debré, Tom Robbins, Buvaisar Saitiev, Jayant Narlikar, and Sly Stone. After him are Kiril Ivkov, Gazi Yaşargil, Loretta Swit, Dick Button, Taina Elg, and Jeremiah P. Ostriker.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bernhard Vogel ranks 3,155 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinz Flohe (1948), Eduard Wagner (1894), Helmut Griem (1932), Anne Buydens (1919), Hans Multscher (1400), and Karl-Heinz Riedle (1965). After him are Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg (1673), Karl Ludwig Sand (1795), Heinrich Vogeler (1872), Johann Melchior Molter (1696), Jacob Hübner (1761), and Dragan Holcer (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Bernhard Vogel ranks 918. Before him are Agnes Bernauer (1410), Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1556), Johann Niemann (1913), Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1787), Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1747), and Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1814). After him are Jacob Hübner (1761), John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1567), Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern (1537), Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1354), William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1651), and Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819).

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