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Theodor Heuss
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Theodor Heuss

1884 – 1963 · aged 79

German journalist and politician (1884-1963)

Born
31 Jan 1884 · Brackenheim
Died
12 Dec 1963 · Stuttgart

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  1. 31 Jan 1884BornBorn in Brackenheim
  2. 1949RoleMember of the German Bundestag
  3. 1949 – 1959RolePresident of Germany
  4. 1949AwardHonorary citizen of Berlin
  5. 1949AwardHonorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin
  6. 1951AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Tübingen
  7. 1952AwardGrand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  8. 1953AwardKnight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  9. 1954AwardHonorary citizen of Bonn
  10. 1955AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Falcon
  11. 1956AwardGrand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
  12. 1957AwardOrder of the Golden Spur
  13. 1958AwardHonorary doctorate at the Laval University
  14. 1959AwardPeace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
  15. 1959AwardHonorary citizen of Frankfurt am Main
  16. 12 Dec 1963DiedDied in Stuttgart

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1884 – 1963).

  1. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  2. 1898Spanish–American War
  3. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  4. 1914 – 1918World War I
  5. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  6. 1917Balfour Declaration
  7. 1917February Revolution
  8. 1917October Revolution
  9. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  10. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  11. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  12. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  13. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  14. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  15. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  16. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1938Munich Agreement
  18. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  19. 1939 – 1945World War II
  20. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  21. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  22. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  23. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  24. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  25. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  26. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  27. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  29. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  30. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  32. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  33. 1956Suez Crisis
  34. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  36. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis

Biography

Theodor Heuss (German: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈhɔʏs] ; 31 January 1884 – 12 December 1963) was a German politician who served as the first president of West Germany from 1949 to 1959. To date, he is one of only two German president, along with Richard von Weizsäcker (1984–1994), to have served two full five-year terms.

His civil demeanour and cordial nature – somewhat a contrast to German nationalist traditions and the stern character of chancellor Konrad Adenauer – largely contributed to the stabilisation of democracy in West Germany during the Wirtschaftswunder years. Before beginning his career as a politician, Heuss had been a political journalist. Heuss is remembered as a major representative of social liberalism in Germany.

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