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Theodor Heuss

1884 - 1963

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Theodor Heuss (German: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈhɔʏs] ; 31 January 1884 – 12 December 1963) was a German liberal politician who served as the first president of West Germany from 1949 to 1959. His civil demeanour and his cordial nature – something of a contrast to German nationalist traditions and the stern character of chancellor Konrad Adenauer – largely contributed to the stabilization of democracy in West Germany during the Wirtschaftswunder years. Before beginning his career as a politician, Heuss had been a political journalist. To this day, Heuss is remembered as a major representative of social liberalism in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Heuss is the 1,371st most popular politician (down from 1,184th in 2019), the 345th most popular biography from Germany (down from 313th in 2019) and the 99th most popular German Politician.

Theodor Heuss was a German politician who served as the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Theodor Heuss ranks 1,371 out of 19,576. Before him are Leo V the Armenian, Georgy Lvov, Mohammed Omar, Antiochus I Soter, Claudius Gothicus, and Yazdegerd III. After him are John II Casimir Vasa, Jovian, Jiaqing Emperor, Richard of Cornwall, Vasili IV of Russia, and Sasaki Kojirō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Theodor Heuss ranks 16. Before him are Peter Debye, Max Brod, Walther von Reichenau, Claude Auchinleck, Anton Drexler, and Otto Fritz Meyerhof. After him are Friedrich Bergius, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Theodor Svedberg, Franz Halder, Gaston Bachelard, and Yevgeny Zamyatin. Among people deceased in 1963, Theodor Heuss ranks 17. Before him are Lee Harvey Oswald, C. S. Lewis, Ngo Dinh Diem, Thích Quảng Đức, Francis Poulenc, and Abd el-Krim. After him are Sylvia Plath, Paul Hindemith, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Yasujirō Ozu, Józef Gosławski, and Nâzım Hikmet.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Heuss ranks 345 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince Claus of the Netherlands (1926), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), Georgy Lvov (1861), and Karl May (1842). After him are Simone Signoret (1921), Ferdinand Schörner (1892), Max Horkheimer (1895), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945), and Christian V of Denmark (1646).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Theodor Heuss ranks 99. Before him are Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Wilhelm Frick (1877), Gustav Stresemann (1878), Carol I of Romania (1839), Henry the Lion (1129), and Georgy Lvov (1861). After him are Christian V of Denmark (1646), Otto of Bavaria (1848), Julius Streicher (1885), Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868), and Hermann Müller (1876).

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