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Heinrich Lübke

1894 - 1972

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Karl Heinrich Lübke (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈlʏpkə] ; 14 October 1894 – 6 April 1972) was a German politician, who served as president of West Germany from 1959 to 1969. He suffered from deteriorating health towards the end of his career and is known for a series of embarrassing incidents that may have resulted from his health issues. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Lübke is the 2,504th most popular politician (down from 2,315th in 2019), the 666th most popular biography from Germany (down from 630th in 2019) and the 184th most popular German Politician.

Heinrich Lübke was a German botanist and politician. He is most famous for being the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Heinrich Lübke ranks 2,504 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Ahaziah of Judah, Alfonso VII of León and Castile, Robert R. Livingston, Martin of Aragon, and Muršili II. After him are Marcus Atilius Regulus, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, Souphanouvong, Giovanna of Italy, Vannozza dei Cattanei, and Huayna Capac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Heinrich Lübke ranks 25. Before him are Isaac Babel, Gala Dalí, Alexander Oparin, Dietrich von Choltitz, Karl Böhm, and Pyotr Kapitsa. After him are Harold Macmillan, Kiichiro Toyoda, Alfred Kinsey, C. R. Swart, Hermann Oberth, and Otto Grotewohl. Among people deceased in 1972, Heinrich Lübke ranks 30. Before him are Dino Buzzati, Katherine Oppenheimer, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Maurice Chevalier, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, and Erhard Milch. After him are Erwin Bowien, Henri Coandă, Margaret Rutherford, Ghassan Kanafani, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, and Jackie Robinson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Lübke ranks 666 out of 7,253. Before him are Conrad Schumann (1942), August Horch (1868), Rudolf Bultmann (1884), Jenny von Westphalen (1814), Bruno Bauer (1809), and Johann Franz Encke (1791). After him are Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617), Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Willy Messerschmitt (1898), Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862), and Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Heinrich Lübke ranks 184. Before him are Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), Elsa Einstein (1876), Walther Rathenau (1867), Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738), John of Saxony (1801), and Wilhelm Marx (1863). After him are Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617), Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862), Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819), Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1505), Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1811), and Princess Caroline of Great Britain (1713).

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