Rudolf Augstein

Rudolf Augstein
Augstein at FDP-Bundesparteitag, 1980
Member of the Bundestag
for North Rhine-Westphalia
In office
19 November 1972 – 24 January 1973
Preceded byWolfram Dorn
Succeeded byRolf Böger
Personal details
Born
Rudolf Karl Augstein

(1923-11-05)5 November 1923
Hannover, Weimar Republic
(now Germany)
Died7 November 2002(2002-11-07) (aged 79)
Hamburg, Germany
Resting placeSylt, Schleswig-Holstein
Political partyFDP
Spouses
Lore Ostermann
(m. 1948; div. 1960)
Katharina Luthardt
(m. 1960; div. 1968)
(m. 1968; div. 1970)
Gisela Stelly
(m. 1972; div. 1992)
Anna Maria Hürtgen
(m. 2000)
Children4
Occupationjournalist, editor, publicist, politician

Rudolf Karl Augstein (5 November 1923 – 7 November 2002) was a German journalist, editor, publicist, and politician. He was one of the most influential German journalists, founder and part-owner of Der Spiegel magazine. As a politician, he was a member of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) between November 1972 and January 1973.