Egon Bahr | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Bahr in 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Federal Manager of the Social Democratic Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 15 December 1976 – 23 February 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader | Willy Brandt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Holger Börner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Peter Glotz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for Economic Cooperation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 8 July 1974 – 14 December 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chancellor | Helmut Schmidt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Erhard Eppler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Marie Schlei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for Special Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 15 December 1972 – 16 May 1974 Serving with Werner Maihofer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chancellor | Willy Brandt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Horst Ehmke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Wolfgang Schäuble (1984) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State Secretary in the Chancellery Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany in Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1969–1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chancellor | Willy Brandt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Carl Krautwig | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dietrich Spangenberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Egon Karl-Heinz Bahr 18 March 1922 Treffurt, Province of Saxony, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic (now Thuringia, Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 August 2015 (aged 93) Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (1956–2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouses | Dorothea Grob
(m. 1945; died 2011)Adelheid Bonnemann-Böhner
(m. 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Military service | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allegiance |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Branch/service | Luftwaffe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1942–1944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Fahnenjunker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unit | Luftkriegsschule VI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles/wars | World War II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Egon Karl-Heinz Bahr (German pronunciation: [ˈeːɡɔn kaʁlˈhaɪnts ˈbaːɐ̯]; 18 March 1922 – 19 August 2015) was a German SPD politician.[1]
The former journalist was the creator of the Ostpolitik promoted by West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, for whom he served as Secretary of State in the German Chancellery from 1969 until 1972. Between 1972 and 1990 he was an MP in the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany and from 1972 until 1976 was also a Minister of the Federal Government.
Bahr was a key figure in multiple negotiation sessions between not only East and West Germany, but also West Germany and the Soviet Union. In addition to his instrumental role in Ostpolitik, Bahr was also an influential voice in negotiating the Treaty of Moscow, the Treaty of Warsaw, the Transit Treaty of 1971, and the Basic Treaty of 1972.
- ^ Dennis Kavanagh (1998). "Bahr, Egon". A Dictionary of Political Biography. Oxford University Press. p. 27. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2017.[ISBN missing]