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Born June 14, 1958 (age 66) • Osnabrück • Germany
Title / Office chancellor (2021-), Germany
Political Affiliation Social Democratic Party of Germany

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German politician
Friedrich Ebert, c. 1924.
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president of Weimar Republic
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German political theorist
Wilhelm Liebknecht
Wilhelm Liebknecht
German socialist
Steinmeier, Frank-Walter
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
president of Germany
Peer Steinbrück
German politician
Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Schröder
chancellor of Germany
Karl Kautsky
Karl Kautsky
German Marxist and politician
Helmut von Gerlach
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Schumacher, Kurt
Kurt Schumacher
German politician
Rudolf Hilferding, drawing by Emil Orlik, 1925.
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German finance minister
Hermann Müller
chancellor of Germany
Gustav Noske
Gustav Noske
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Carl Severing
German politician
Bauer, Gustav
Gustav Bauer
chancellor of Germany
Eduard Heinrich David
German politician
Scheidemann, Philipp
Philipp Scheidemann
German politician
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
August Thyssen
German industrialist
Amelia zur Helle Thyssen
German industrialist and philanthropist