Kurt Biedenkopf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minister-President of Saxony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 8 November 1990 – 18 April 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deputy | Rudolf Krause Heinz Eggert Hans Geisler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Rudolf Krause (as Landesbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Georg Milbradt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President of the Bundesrat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1 November 1999 – 31 October 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Vice President | Roland Koch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Roland Koch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Kurt Beck | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 12 June 1973 – 7 March 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader | Helmut Kohl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Konrad Kraske | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Heiner Geißler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 29 May 1980 – 24 May 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Heinrich Köppler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Bernhard Worms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Ludwigshafen, Free State of Bavaria, Weimar Republic (now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) | 28 January 1930||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 August 2021 (aged 91) Dresden, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kurt Hans Biedenkopf (German pronunciation: [kʊʁt ˈbiːdn̩ˌkɔp͡f] ; 28 January 1930 – 12 August 2021[1]) was a German jurist, academic teacher and politician of the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU) party. He was rector of the Ruhr University Bochum.
Biedenkopf made a political career first in North Rhine-Westphalia, where he was chairman of the party. After the re-unification of Germany, he served as the first Minister President of the Free State of Saxony from 1990 until 2002. He was 54th president of the Bundesrat from 2000, overseeing the body's move from Bonn to Berlin. Biedenkopf is regarded as the intellectual leader of the CDU when Helmut Kohl was chancellor.[2]
Biedenkopf worked on advisory boards of institutions including the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Deutsche Nationalstiftung, Dresden Frauenkirche, Independent Commission on Turkey and the Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen. Among his numerous recognitions were international honorific doctorates.
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