Marianne Birthler

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German politician

Germany PoliticiansBorn 1948 · age 78

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Fame50.5

Momentum9.8

Languages11

In century#57,279

Also inDeutsch

Photos 2

Birthler gives an address during the Alexanderplatz demonstration on 4 November 1989

Awards 6

2022Eugen Kogon Award

2014Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize

2014Stadtältester von Berlin

2011Order of Merit of Berlin

2011Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1995Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Connected to Marianne 6

Reinhard MohnAlso won Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize

Kurt SanderlingAlso won Stadtältester von Berlin

Hildegard Hamm-BrücherAlso won Eugen Kogon Award

Otto BeisheimAlso won Order of Merit of Berlin

Sabine SinjenAlso won Order of Merit of Berlin

Helmuth RillingAlso won Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize

About this person

Marianne Birthler is a German human rights advocate and politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. From 2000 to 2011, she served as the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records, responsible for investigating the past crimes of the Stasi, the former communist secret police of East Germany. In 2016 she was offered the nomination of the CDU/CSU and her own party for President of Germany, but after some time decided not to run; the parties would have had a majority in the Federal Convention, securing her the election.

Country

Germany