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Born January 5, 1876 • Cologne • Germany
Died April 19, 1967 (aged 91)
Title / Office Bundestag (1949-1966), West Germany • chancellor (1949-1963), West Germany
Political Affiliation Christian Democratic Union
Role In Spiegel affair

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