1. Erhard Eppler was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party and founder of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit.
21 Facts About Erhard Eppler
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Erhard Eppler studied English, German and history in Frankfurt, Bern and Tubingen, achieved a PhD and worked as a teacher.
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Erhard Eppler met Gustav Heinemann in the late 1940s, who became a role model.
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Erhard Eppler was appointed Minister for Economic Cooperation first in 1968 during the grand coalition of Kurt Georg Kiesinger and Willy Brandt, continuing under Chancellor Brandt in 1969 and Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in 1974, when he stepped down.
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An early thinker on environmental sustainability and peace movements, Erhard Eppler was involved in various controversies within his party.
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Erhard Eppler was president of the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag from 1981 to 1983 and again from 1989 to 1991.
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Erhard Eppler passed his Abitur in 1946, and studied English, German and history at the Frankfurt University, in Bern and in Tubingen.
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Erhard Eppler worked as a teacher at the Gymnasium in Schwenningen from 1953 until 1961.
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Erhard Eppler became a member of the NSDAP in September 1943, at the age of 16.
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Erhard Eppler joined Heinemann's new party, the All-German People's Party, in 1952, but like most members of the GVP, including Heinemann, he changed over to the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1956.
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For most of the time between 1970 and 1991 Erhard Eppler belonged to the SPD's National Executive Committee.
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Erhard Eppler chaired an SPD commission on tax reform, and from 1973 to 1991 served on a commission for formulating the party's basic values, where he supported opposition to atomic energy.
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From 1973 to 1981 Erhard Eppler was the leader of the regional SPD in Baden-Wurttemberg.
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Erhard Eppler was the SPD's candidate for the office of minister-president in that state, but his party was defeated by the CDU in two state elections.
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Erhard Eppler was a member of the Bundestag, the parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, from 1961 to 1976.
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On 16 October 1968, Erhard Eppler was appointed Minister for Economic Cooperation in the grand coalition government of Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger and Foreign Minister Willy Brandt.
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Erhard Eppler continued in that office when Willy Brandt became Chancellor in 1969, but after his department was subject to severe budget cuts under the following Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt in 1974, he stepped down in protest.
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Erhard Eppler has always been considered to be a proponent of the left within the SPD.
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Erhard Eppler was an early adopter of views about ecological topics and environmental protection.
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Erhard Eppler was a member of the Wacholderhof Association, which promotes international cooperation, fair trade, and environmental sustainability.
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Erhard Eppler's books are held by the German National Library, including:.