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Berlin Green politician Wolfgang Wieland dies

The Green politician and former Berlin Senator of Justice Wolfgang Wieland is dead. Wieland died at the age of 75, his friend and party colleague Reiner Felsberg told the German Press Agency on Wednesday. Bettina Jarasch and Werner Graf, leaders of the parliamentary group in the House of...

Wolfgang Wieland makes a statement in the Paul Löbe House in Berlin. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
Wolfgang Wieland makes a statement in the Paul Löbe House in Berlin. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Sympathy - Berlin Green politician Wolfgang Wieland dies

The Green politician and former Berlin Senator of Justice Wolfgang Wieland is dead. Wieland died at the age of 75, his friend and party colleague Reiner Felsberg told the German Press Agency on Wednesday. Bettina Jarasch and Werner Graf, leaders of the parliamentary group in the House of Representatives, confirmed the death. Several media outlets had previously reported the news.

Wieland was one of the co-founders of the Alternative List in Berlin in 1978, which later became Alliance 90/The Greens. He was a member of the Berlin House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989 and from 1990 to 2004, and served as parliamentary group leader several times. At the turn of the millennium, Wieland was Senator of Justice for a short time. After his time in the House of Representatives, he sat in the Bundestag for many years. He also worked as a lawyer.

"We are saddened to have lost a wonderful person and passionate politician," said Jarasch and Graf. "He was a man of law and justice. Wolfgang Wieland loved the nested sentence and yet, as a lawyer, he never beat about the bush. He got straight to the point, always thought things through to the end and was always guided by the values of democracy and the rule of law."

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  1. Bettina Jarasch and Werner Graf, leaders of the Green Party in Berlin, expressed their participation in political affairs by stating, "We are saddened to have lost a wonderful person and passionate politician."
  2. During his political career, Wolfgang Wieland, the deceased Green politician, was instrumental in the establishment of the Alternative List in Berlin in 1978, which later evolved into Alliance 90/The Greens.
  3. The German Press Agency reported the death of Wolfgang Wieland, a prominent figure in German politics, who served as a member of the Berlin House of Representatives for a substantial period and held various leadership roles within the party.
  4. In his tenure as Senator of Justice for Berlin during the turn of the millennium, Wolfgang Wieland, a Green politician, advocated for the principles of democracy and the rule of law, embodying his role as a man of law and justice.
  5. On the occasion of Wieland's death, several political parties in Germany, including the Green Party, expressed their condolences and paid tribute to the late politician, acknowledging his significant contributions to Berlin's politics and German democracy.

Source: www.stern.de

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