Gerhard Stoltenberg

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name = Gerhard Stoltenberg
office = Federal Minister of Defence
GER
term_start = April 21 1989
term_end = April 1 1992
predecessor = Rupert Scholz
successor = Volker Rühe
office2 = Federal Minister of Finance
GER
term_start2 = October 4 1982
term_end2 = April 21 1989
predecessor2 = Manfred Lahnstein
successor2 = Theodor Waigel
office3 = Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein
term_start3 = May 24 1971
term_end3 = October 4 1982
predecessor3 = Helmut Lemke
successor3 = Uwe Barschel
office4 = Federal Minister of Scientific Research
GER
term_start4 = October 26 1965
term_end4 = October 21 1969
predecessor4 = Hans Lenz
successor4 = Hans Leussink
birth_date = Birth date|1928|9|29|mf=y
birth_place = Bonn, Germany
nationality = GER
death_date = death date and age|2001|11|23|1928|9|29|mf=y
death_place = Kiel, Germany
party = Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
relations =
residence =
alma_mater = University of Kiel
profession = Historian
religion =


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Gerhard Stoltenberg (September 29, 1928 - November 23, 2001) was a German politician (CDU) and minister in the cabinets of Ludwig Erhard, Kurt Georg Kiesinger and Helmut Kohl. Moreover, He served as minister-president of the German state (Land) of Schleswig-Holstein from 1971 to 1982. [Biography on webpage of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (www.helmut-kohl.de) in German [http://www.helmut-kohl.de/7e0ee5d026.html] ] As such, he served as President of the Bundesrat in 1977/78.

Life

Stoltenberg was born in northern Germany in Kiel. In 1944 he became a soldier of the Wehrmacht. After the war, when he was no longer a prisoner of war, he finished school in 1949 (Abitur). Stoltenberg began to study history, sociology and philosophy at the University of Kiel. In 1954 he graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy and worked as a scientist in Kiel. In 1960 he became a professor. In the years 1965 and again 1969/1970 Stoltenberg was a director for the firm Friedrich Krupp in Essen. In 2001 he died in Bad Godesberg.

Stoltenberg was married and had two children. He was member of the lutheran church.

Political career

Since 1947 Stoltenberg had been member of the CDU. In the years 1955 - 1961 he was federal leader of the Junge Union, the youth' organisation of the CDU. From 1955 Stoltenberg had different positions in the CDU. From 1971 until 1989, he was chairman of the CDU in the state of Schleswig-Holstein. Moreover, Stoltenberg served as vice chairman of the federal CDU since 1969.

Stoltenberg was member of the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein from 1954 to 1957 and from 1971 to 1982. From 1957 to 1971 and from 1983 until 1998, Stoltenberg also served as a member of the federal German legislature, the Bundestag.

On May 24, 1971, Stoltenberg was elected minister-president of the state of Schleswig-Holstein and remained in this position until 1982. In 1982, he became federal minister of finance under chancellor Helmut Kohl. He left this position when he was appointed as minister of defence from 1989 on. He resigned from this position on March 31, 1992.

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NAME= Stoltenberg, Gerhard
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=German politician (CDU) and minister
DATE OF BIRTH=September 29, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH=Kiel
DATE OF DEATH=November 23, 2001
PLACE OF DEATH=Bad Godesberg