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Egon Bahr

1922 - 2015

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Egon Karl-Heinz Bahr (German pronunciation: [ˈeːɡɔn kaʁlˈhaɪnts ˈbaːɐ̯]; 18 March 1922 – 19 August 2015) was a German SPD politician. The former journalist was the creator of the Ostpolitik promoted by West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, for whom he served as Secretary of State in the German Chancellery from 1969 until 1972. Between 1972 and 1990 he was an MP in the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany and from 1972 until 1976 was also a Minister of the Federal Government. Bahr was a key figure in multiple negotiation sessions between not only East and West Germany, but also West Germany and the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Egon Bahr is the 10,120th most popular politician (down from 6,253rd in 2019), the 2,882nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,717th in 2019) and the 850th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Egon Bahr ranks 10,120 out of 19,576. Before him are Artaxias II, Alfonso López Michelsen, Berenice, Maria Zakharova, Wilfrid Laurier, and Octavia the Elder. After him are Helian Bobo, Sergey Sobyanin, Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac, Vladimir Dekanozov, and Muhammad Rafiq Tarar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Egon Bahr ranks 182. Before him are Patrick Magee, Władysław Bartoszewski, Bigode, Raymond Franz, Otl Aicher, and Carlo Lizzani. After him are Dilip Kumar, Shovkat Alakbarova, Virgilio Noè, Georges Cottier, Bob Anderson, and George McGovern. Among people deceased in 2015, Egon Bahr ranks 149. Before him are Harald Nielsen, Sergio Sollima, Władysław Bartoszewski, Klaus Roth, Robert Conquest, and Frances Oldham Kelsey. After him are Dean Jones, Ernst Fuchs, Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Mile Mrkšić, Ján Chryzostom Korec, and Eileen Essell.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Egon Bahr ranks 2,884 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Nerz (1892), Wilhelm Brückner (1884), Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743), Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1704), Hans Thoma (1839), and Johann Froben (1460). After him are Johannes Aventinus (1477), Nicolas Luckner (1722), Annelie Ehrhardt (1950), Johannes Dieckmann (1893), Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1622), and John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1627).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Egon Bahr ranks 851. Before him are Otto Warburg (1859), Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1659), William, Prince of Wied (1845), Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875), Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1735), Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1502), and Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1704). After him are Johannes Dieckmann (1893), Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1622), John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1627), Charles II, Duke of Brunswick (1804), and Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773).

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