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Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg

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Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (born 5 December 1971), known professionally as Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, is a German businessman, journalist, podcaster, and former politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU). He served as a member of the Bundestag from 2002 to 2011, as Secretary-General of the CSU from 2008 to 2009, as Federal Minister for Economics and Technology in 2009 and as Federal Minister of Defence from 2009 to 2011. After the discovery of extensive plagiarism in his doctoral dissertation and the decision of the University of Bayreuth to revoke his doctorate, an affair known as the Guttenberg plagiarism scandal, he resigned from all political posts in March 2011. In 2011, Guttenberg joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is the 16,116th most popular politician (down from 16,029th in 2024), the 5,159th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,225th in 2019) and the 1,240th most popular German Politician.

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Among politicians, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg ranks 16,116 out of 19,576. Before her are Gaétan Boucher, Ruhakana Rugunda, Awn Al-Khasawneh, Michael Pedersen Friis, Francisco Mendes, and Lucius Valerius Flaccus. After her are Emil Stang, Afonso Dhlakama, Muiz ud din Bahram, Tomás Monje, Roberto Gualtieri, and Ron Wright.

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Among people born in 1971, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg ranks 251. Before her are Norbert Hofer, Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Cecilia Suárez, Bubba Ray Dudley, Thomas Massie, and Bernd Mayländer. After her are Pavel Bure, Erykah Badu, Val Venis, Christian Camargo, Bohuslav Sobotka, and David Walliams.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg ranks 5,162 out of 7,253. Before her are Manfred Manglitz (1940), Siegfried Brietzke (1952), Curt Backeberg (1894), Katerina Tikhonova (1986), Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg (1813), and Margot Eskens (1936). After her are Ernst Krebs (1906), Franz Xaver Kroetz (1946), Joy Fleming (1944), Matthias Reim (1957), Martha Genenger (1911), and Hanns Kräly (1884).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg ranks 1,240. Before her are Peter Altmaier (1958), Julia Klöckner (1972), Michael Glos (1944), Hanns Seidel (1901), Lothar Späth (1937), and Bernd Mayländer (1971). After her are Dietmar Bartsch (1958), Guido Knopp (1948), Reiner Haseloff (1954), Walther Schreiber (1884), Bärbel Bas (1968), and Henriette Reker (1956).

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