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Wolfgang Schäuble dies at the age of 81

The long-time CDU politician Wolfgang Schäuble is dead. He died at the age of 81, as confirmed to the AFP news agency by CDU circles in Berlin on Wednesday. Schäuble, who was born in Freiburg in 1942, was the longest-serving member of the Bundestag, where he had sat since 1972, and held...

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Wolfgang Schäuble dies at the age of 81

As reported by Bild, citing people close to Schäuble' s family, he fell asleep peacefully on Wednesday night. Schäuble was a minister several times under Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Chancellor Angela Merkel (both CDU), most recently as Federal Minister of Finance until 2017. Schäuble was President of the Bundestag between 2017 and 2021. He has been in a wheelchair since an assassination attempt on his life in October 1990. Schäuble is survived by his wife Ingeborg and four children.

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  1. Wolfgang Schäuble, who died at the age of 81, was a minister several times under both Chancellors Helmut Kohl and Angela Merkel, both from the CDU party.
  2. According to Bild, citing sources close to Schäuble's family, the former German politician passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday night.
  3. Schäuble served as Federal Minister of Finance until 2017 and was President of the Bundestag from 2017 to 2021.
  4. The AFP news agency reported on the death of the prominent German politician, who hailed from Freiburg.
  5. Schäuble had been in a wheelchair since an assassination attempt on his life in October 1990, but he was survived by his wife Ingeborg and their four children.
  6. In December, Schäuble will be remembered by his Union circle and the CDU, the political party with which he spent many years of his career.
  7. Wolfgang Schäuble, whose political career spanned decades, leaves behind a significant legacy in German politics.

Source: www.stern.de

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