Biography
Hans-Jochen Vogel (3 February 1926 – 26 July 2020) was a German lawyer and a politician for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Mayor of Munich from 1960 to 1972, winning the 1972 Summer Olympics for the city and Governing Mayor of West Berlin in 1981, the only German ever to lead two cities with a million+ inhabitants. He was Federal Minister of Regional Planning, Construction and Urban Development from 1972 to 1974, and Federal Minister of Justice from 1974 to 1981. He served as leader of the SPD in the Bundestag from 1983 to 1991, and as Leader of the Social Democratic Party from 1987 to 1991. In 1993, he co-founded the organisation Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie (Against Oblivion – For Democracy). He was a member of the National Ethics Council of Germany from its beginning in 2001.
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TV Shows 32
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1926-02-03
Deathday2020-07-26 (94 years old)
Birth PlaceGöttingen, Germany
ReligionCatholicism
FatherHermann Vogel
SiblingsBernhard Vogel
CitizenshipsGermany
AwardsErnst Reuter Medal, German citizenship price, Bridge Prize of the City of Regensburg, Bavarian Order of Merit, Ludwig Thoma Medal, Heinrich Albertz Peace Prize, honorary citizen of Munich, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Wilhelm Leuschner Medal, Oswald-von-Nell-Breuning Award, German Leo Baeck Award, Leibniz-Ring-Hannover, Marie Juchacz Plaque
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