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1474:Ackermann
1469:Dertinger
1376:Rosenberg
1257:Marschall
1139:Incumbent
586:Egon Bahr
262:Portrait
182:, former
115:‹See Tfd›
89:Formation
69:Incumbent
36:‹See Tfd›
1621:Category
1599:Baerbock
1562:Genscher
1553:Genscher
1538:Schröder
1528:Adenauer
1371:Rathenau
1297:Kühlmann
1252:Bismarck
1227:Radowitz
1589:Gabriel
1558:Schmidt
1425:Neurath
1396:Neurath
1391:Brüning
1386:Curtius
24:Germany
1566:Kinkel
1548:Scheel
1543:Brandt
1514:
1494:Meckel
1484:Winzer
1455:
1411:
1356:Simons
1351:Köster
1346:Müller
1327:
1302:Hintze
1277:Schoen
1198:
254:GB/BHE
252:
250:
243:
241:
234:
232:
225:
223:
216:
214:
119:German
40:German
1366:Wirth
1361:Rosen
1287:Jagow
1242:Busch
1217:Balan
1212:Thile
1594:Maas
1479:Bolz
1307:Solf
265:Name
190:and
245:FDP
236:SPD
227:CDU
218:CSU
1623::
164:.
149:.
125:,
121::
108:A
42::
1177:e
1170:t
1163:v
112:(
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