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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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Friedrich Ebert, c. 1924.
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president of Weimar Republic
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Wilhelm Liebknecht
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German socialist
Steinmeier, Frank-Walter
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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
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Severing, Carl
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chancellor of Germany
Eduard Heinrich David
German politician
Scheidemann, Philipp
Philipp Scheidemann
German politician
Amelia zur Helle Thyssen
German industrialist and philanthropist
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
August Thyssen
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