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Johannes Rau
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Johannes Rau

1931 – 2006 · aged 75

German politician (SPD), 8th president of Germany from 1999 until 2004 (1931–2006)

Born
16 Jan 1931 · Wuppertal
Died
27 Jan 2006 · Berlin
Part ofGermany1,250 BCE – todayLutheranism1471 – today

Life timeline

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

Showing 86 years
  1. 16 Jan 1931BornBorn in Wuppertal
  2. 1958 – 1999RoleMember of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
  3. 1969AwardCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  4. 1975AwardKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  5. 1978 – 1998RoleMinister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia
  6. 1979AwardRing of Honour of the City of Wuppertal
  7. 1980AwardGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  8. 1982 – 1983RolePresident of the Bundesrat of Germany
  9. 1983AwardGrand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  10. 1986AwardHonorary doctorate
  11. 1986AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  12. 1986AwardHonorary doctorate of Haifa University
  13. 1986AwardOrden wider den tierischen Ernst
  14. 1991AwardHonorary citizenship
  15. 1993RoleChairman of the Social Democratic Party
  16. 1994AwardEuropean handicraft prize
  17. 1995AwardGerman Leo Baeck Award
  18. 1999 – 2004RolePresident of Germany
  19. 27 Jan 2006DiedDied in Berlin

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1931 – 2006).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Johannes Rau (German: [joˈhanəs ˈʁaʊ] ; 16 January 1931 – 27 January 2006) was a German politician who served as President of Germany from 1999 to 2004. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he previously served as the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1978 to 1998. In the latter role, he also served as President of the Bundesrat in 1982–1983 and in 1994–1995.

Text from the Wikipedia article Johannes Rau, CC BY-SA 4.0

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