Hans Filbinger

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Hans Filbinger
Filbinger at a CDU convention in 1978
Minister President of Baden-Württemberg
In office 16 December 1966 – 30 August 1978
President	Heinrich Lübke Gustav Heinemann Walter Scheel
Chancellor	Kurt Georg Kiesinger Willy Brandt Helmut Schmidt
Preceded by	Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Succeeded by	Lothar Späth
Personal details
Born	(1913-09-15)15 September 1913 Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire
Died	1 April 2007(2007-04-01) (aged 93) Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Nationality	German
Spouse	Ingeborg Breuer
Children	5
Alma mater	University of Freiburg
Profession	Lawyer

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Hans Karl Filbinger (15 September 1913 – 1 April 2007) was a conservative German politician and a leading member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union in the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the first chairman of the CDU Baden-Württemberg and vice chairman of the federal CDU. He was Minister President of Baden-Württemberg from 1966 to 1978 and as such also chaired the Bundesrat in 1973/74. He founded the conservative think tank Studienzentrum Weikersheim, which he chaired until 1997.

Filbinger had to resign as minister president and party chairman after allegations about his role as a navy lawyer and judge in the Second World War. While the CDU Baden-Württemberg elected him honorary chairman — a position he held until his death — he remained a controversial figure.