Bernhard Vogel

German politician · Germany · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1932 to 2025 · aged 92

Bernhard Vogel was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was the 4th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1976 to 1988 and the second Minister President of Thuringia from 1992 to 2003.

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2025Died2 March 20252020Point Alpha PrizeAward2013German citizenship priceAward2010Bridge Prize of the City of RegensburgAwardJohann Christian von Hofenfels-MedailleAwardRing of Honour of the Görres societyAward2009Oswald-von-Nell-Breuning AwardAwardWilhelm Leuschner MedalAward2007Leibniz-Ring-HannoverAward2002Honorary Citizen of SpeyerAward1997Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAward1983Orden wider den tierischen ErnstAward1976Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAwardMore about this1932Born19 December 1932

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Vogel in 2019

Gravestone of Bernhard Vogel with his brother Hans-Jochen Vogel, who died in 2020, his wife Liselotte and his parents in Munich

Awards

Point Alpha Prize2020

German citizenship price2013

Bridge Prize of the City of Regensburg2010

Ring of Honour of the Görres society2010

Johann Christian von Hofenfels-Medaille2010

Oswald-von-Nell-Breuning Award2009

Wilhelm Leuschner Medal2009

Leibniz-Ring-Hannover2007

Honorary Citizen of Speyer2002

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1997

Orden wider den tierischen Ernst1983

Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1976

French Order of Academic Palms

Order of St. Gregory the Great

Bambi Award

Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate

Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia

Honorary Doctor of Ben-Gurion University

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary

Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

About this person

He was the only person to have been head of two different German federal states and was the longest-governing Minister President of Germany. He served as the 28th and 40th President of the Bundesrat in 1976 to 1977 and 1987 to 1988.

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Germany