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Johannes Rau
German politician (SPD), 8th president of Germany from 1999 until 2004 (1931–2006)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 16 January 1931
- Died
- 27 January 2006
- Place of birth
- Wuppertal
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Johannes
- Family name
- Rau
- Spouse
- Christina Rau
- Occupation
- politician, journalist, bookseller, publisher, philatelist
- Position held
- president of Germany, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, President of the Bundesrat of Germany, chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Native language
- German
- Religion
- Protestant Church in Germany, Lutheranism
- Awards
- Leo-Baeck-Medal, honorary citizen of Berlin, Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Ring of Honour of the city Wuppertal, Orden wider den tierischen Ernst, Gold Olympic Order, Order of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic), Collar of the Order of the White Lion, European handicraft prize, Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class, Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal
- archives at
- Archive of Social Democracy
- candidacy in election
- 1999 German presidential election
- described by source
- Wer ist wer in der Philatelie? (3 ed.)
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- member of
- German Philatelists Youth
- member of political party
- Social Democratic Party of Germany, All-German People's Party
- name in native language
- Johannes Rau
- nickname
- Bruder Johannes
- participant in
- 1999 German presidential election
- place of burial
- Dorotheenstadt Cemetery
- topic's main category
- Category:Johannes Rau
- work location
- Düsseldorf
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