Egon BAHR

Background

BAHR, Egon was born on March 18, 1922 in Treffurt.

Career

Director Press and Information Office of Berlin 1960-1966. Promoted to rank of Ambassador in diplomatic service 1967. Director of Planning Staff, Diplomatic Service 1967-1968.

Ministerial Director 1968-1969.

State Secretary, Bundeskanzleramt and Plenipotentiary of the Federation Government, in Berlin 1969-1972. Minister without Portfolio attached to the Federation Chancellor" General’ s Office 1972-1974, for Overseas Development Aid (Economics Company operation) 1974-1976.

Director Institut fur Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik September since 1984.

Achievements

• He made significant contributions to the lessening of tensions between the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, which eventually led to the crumbling of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and reunification a year later. Egon Bahr is a typical representative of the generation of Social Democratic leaders who rose to prominence in West Germany in the years immediately following World War II. Like Willy Brandt, his long-time mentor and associate, Bahr was too young to have been active in the politics of the Weimar Republic.

Membership

Of Parliament. (Bundestag) 1972. Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association since 1974, Industry Commission, on Disarmament and Security since 1980.

Connections

Married Dorothea Grob in 1945.

Spouse:

Dorothea Grob

References

• Egon Bahr und die Ostpolitik der sozialliberalen Koalition (German Edition)
• "Das musst du erzählen": Erinnerungen an Willy Brandt (German Edition)
• Egon Bahr und die deutsche Frage: Zur Entwicklung der sozialdemokratischen Ost- und Deutschlandpolitik vom Kriegsende bis zur Vereinigung (Reihe Politik- und Gesellschaftsgeschichte) (German Edition)