Otto Graf Lambsdorff
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Otto Graf Lambsdorff (born December 20, 1926) is a German politician with the Free Democratic Party. He was born in Aachen, Rhine Province.
From 1977 till 1982, and again from 1982 till 1984, he was economic minister for West Germany, when he was forced to resign over the Flick Affair. He was also chairman of the FDP from 1988 until 1993. On 16 February 1987, he was convicted by the Landgericht Bonn of tax evasion.[1][2]
Since 2004, his nephew Alexander Graf Lambsdorff has represented the FDP in the European Parliament.
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Regarding personal names: Graf is a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin.
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President of the Liberal International 1994–1996 |
Succeeded by Frits Bolkestein |
[edit] References
- ^ "Otto Graf Lambsdorff before the Flick Commission (February 2, 1984)". Two Germanies (1961-1989). GHDI. http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_image.cfm?image_id=2473. Retrieved on 2009-03-19.
- ^ "Friedrich Karl Flick". Times Online - Obituaries. Times Newspapers. 2006-10-07. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article663878.ece. Retrieved on 2009-03-19.
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