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Erich Ollenhauer

1901 - 1963

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Erich Ollenhauer (27 March 1901 – 14 December 1963) was the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1952 until 1963. He was a key leader of the opposition to Konrad Adenauer in the Bundestag. In exile under the Nazis, he returned to Germany in February 1946, becoming vice chairman of the SPD. He was a close ally of the chairman Kurt Schumacher, and worked on party organization. Where Schumacher was a passionate intellectual, Ollenhauer was a thorough and efficient bureaucrat. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Ollenhauer is the 12,969th most popular politician (up from 13,215th in 2019), the 3,925th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,124th in 2019) and the 1,091st most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Erich Ollenhauer ranks 12,969 out of 19,576. Before him are Ling Liong Sik, Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg, Ventidius Cumanus, Ljubomir Davidović, Vladimiro Montesinos, and Igor Strelkov. After him are Josef Munzinger, Djefatnebti, Carlo I Tocco, Nisreen Elsaim, Prince August of Württemberg, and Nicolò Sagredo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Erich Ollenhauer ranks 193. Before him are Karl Arnold, Sekiryo Kaneda, Peter van de Kamp, Grete Hermann, Jan de Quay, and Michael Oakeshott. After him are Vilma Bánky, Florence Green, Jean Mermoz, Willy Fritsch, Konstantinos Kollias, and William Daniels. Among people deceased in 1963, Erich Ollenhauer ranks 124. Before him are Barnum Brown, Woldemar Hägglund, Benny Moré, Margaret Murray, Vsevolod Ivanov, and Louis Bastien. After him are Lee Wallard, Edwin Linkomies, Richard Oswald, Jean Decoux, Aleksandr Gauk, and Dick Powell.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Ollenhauer ranks 3,927 out of 7,253. Before him are Werner Voss (1897), Leonhard Frank (1882), Albrecht Unsöld (1905), Bruno Apitz (1900), Sheryl Lee (1967), and Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg (1792). After him are Prince August of Württemberg (1813), Leopold Zunz (1794), Hans Furler (1904), Friedrich Silcher (1789), Johann Carl Fuhlrott (1803), and Virgil Solis (1514).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Erich Ollenhauer ranks 1,091. Before him are Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1655), George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1688), Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg (1547), Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1846), Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1926), and Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg (1792). After him are Prince August of Württemberg (1813), Hans Furler (1904), Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg (1838), Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia (1976), Emil Welti (1825), and Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (1913).

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