Jürgen Todenhöfer
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Dr. Jürgen Todenhöfer (* 12 November 1940) was a member of the German parliament from December 13, 1972 to December 20, 1990 (five election periods). He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) in Rhineland-Palatinate and was spokesman for the politics of development of his party. In 1980 he visited soviet occupied Afghanistan and started to raise money for the country. Todenhöfer was one of the most prominent German critics of the US-led wars against Afghanistan and Iraq starting in the years 2001 and 2003, respectively. He is a manager of the editing company Hubert Burda Media.
