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Gustav Heinemann
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Gustav Heinemann

1899 – 1976 · aged 77

German politician; President of Germany from 1969–1974 (1899–1976)

Born
23 Jul 1899 · Schwelm
Died
7 Jul 1976 · Essen
Part ofLutheranism1471 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 89 years
  1. 23 Jul 1899BornBorn in Schwelm
  2. 1946 – 1949RoleLord mayor
  3. 1949 – 1950RoleFederal Minister of the Interior
  4. 1949 – 1955RolePraeses of the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany
  5. 1957 – 1961RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  6. 1961 – 1965RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  7. 1965 – 1969RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  8. 1966 – 1969RoleFederal Minister of Justice
  9. 1968AwardTheodor Heuss Award
  10. 1969 – 1974RolePresident of Germany
  11. 1969AwardGrand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  12. 1970AwardKnight of the Seraphim
  13. 1970AwardFritz Bauer Prize
  14. 1970AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎
  15. 1970AwardKnight of the Order of the Elephant
  16. 1972AwardHonorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
  17. 1974AwardHonorary citizen of Berlin
  18. 7 Jul 1976DiedDied in Essen

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1899 – 1976).

  1. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  2. 1914 – 1918World War I
  3. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  4. 1917Balfour Declaration
  5. 1917February Revolution
  6. 1917October Revolution
  7. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  8. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  9. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  10. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  11. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  12. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  13. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  14. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1938Munich Agreement
  16. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  17. 1939 – 1945World War II
  18. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  19. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  20. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  21. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  22. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  23. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  24. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  25. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  27. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  28. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  30. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  31. 1956Suez Crisis
  32. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  34. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  36. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  38. 1968Prague Spring
  39. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  40. 19721972 Summer Olympics

Biography

Gustav Walter Heinemann (German: [ˈɡʊsta(ː)f ˈhaɪnəman] ; 23 July 1899 – 7 July 1976) was a German politician who was President of West Germany from 1969 to 1974. He served as mayor of Essen from 1946 to 1949, West German Minister of the Interior from 1949 to 1950, and Minister of Justice from 1966 to 1969.

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