Leo Wagner Rudolf Seiters Wilhelm Rawe Olaf Baron von Wrangel Paul Mikat
Preceded by
Rainer Barzel
Succeeded by
Karl Carstens
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg
In office 14 December 1976 – 4 November 1980
Preceded by
multi-member district
Succeeded by
multi-member district
Constituency
Christian Democratic Union List
In office 20 October 1969 – 14 December 1976
Preceded by
Anton Hilbert
Succeeded by
Norbert Nothhelfer
Constituency
Waldshut
Member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg for Saulgau
In office 12 March 1961 – 9 December 1966
Preceded by
Christian Rack
Succeeded by
Anton Lutz
Member of the Bundestag for Ravensburg – Bodensee
In office 7 September 1949 – 19 February 1959
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Eduard Adorno
Personal details
Born
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
(1904-04-06)6 April 1904 Ebingen, Württemberg, German Empire
Died
9 March 1988(1988-03-09) (aged 83) Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Political party
CDU (1946–1988) Nazi Party (1933–1945)
Spouse
Marie-Luise Schneider
(m. 1932)
Children
2
Occupation
Lawyer
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Kurt Georg Kiesinger (German:[ˈkʊʁtˈɡeːɔʁkˈkiːzɪŋɐ]; 6 April 1904 – 9 March 1988) was a German politician who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1 December 1966 to 21 October 1969. Before he became Chancellor he served as Minister–President of Baden-Württemberg from 1958 to 1966 and as President of the Federal Council from 1962 to 1963. He was Chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1967 to 1971.
Kiesinger gained his certificate as a lawyer in March 1933 and worked as a lawyer in Berlin's Kammergericht court from 1935 to 1940.[1] He had joined the Nazi Party in 1933, but remained a largely inactive member. To avoid conscription, he found work at the Foreign Office in 1940, and became deputy head of the Foreign Office's broadcasting department. During his service at the Foreign Office, he was denounced by two colleagues for his anti-Nazi stance. In 1946 he became a member of the Christian Democratic Union. He was elected to the Bundestag in 1949, and was a member of the Bundestag until 1958 and again from 1969 to 1980. He left federal politics for eight years (from 1958 to 1966) to serve as Minister–President of Baden-Württemberg, and subsequently became Chancellor by forming a grand coalition with Willy Brandt's Social Democratic Party.
Kiesinger was considered an outstanding orator and mediator, and was dubbed "Chief Silver Tongue". He was an author of poetry and various books, and founded the universities of Konstanz and Ulm as Minister–President of Baden-Württemberg. Kiesinger is also considered controversial, which is mainly due to his affiliation and work with the Nazis. The student movement in particular, but also other sections of the population, saw Kiesinger as a politician who stood for the inadequacy of Germans' coming to terms with the past.
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KurtGeorgKiesinger (German: [ˈkʊʁt ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈkiːzɪŋɐ]; 6 April 1904 – 9 March 1988) was a German politician who served as the chancellor of West Germany...
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