Gerhard Stoltenberg

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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. He also was minister-president of the German state (Land) of Schleswig-Holstein.

[edit] 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 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.

[edit] Party

Since 1947 Stoltenberg had been member of the CDU. In the years 1955 - 1961 he was federal leader of the Junge Union. Since 1955 Stoltenberg had different positions in his party CDU.