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Leber, Georg (07.10.1920 - 21.08.2012)

born on 7 October 1920 in Obertiefenbach, Hesse, died on 21 August 2012 in Schönau am Königssee. In the SPD, "Leber Schorsch" belonged to the right wing of the "canal workers". He held several ministerial posts: Transport, Post, Fenrmeldewesen. As Federal Minister of Defence (1972-1978), he was one of the most popular ministers among the troops.

Germany - Election Party Congress of the SPD 1980

09.06.1980 - Georg Leber. Election Party Conference of the SPD (Social Democrats) on 9. June 1980 in Essen.
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Georg Leber on election campaign

03.09.1976 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber (on top, l) talking to Munich residents during his election campaign, on 3rd September 1976 on Vikutalienmarkt. Manfred Schmidt (r) protec...
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Against the reforms of Georg Leber 1975

05.07.1975 - On July 5, 1975 in Essen (Germany), conscientious objectors demonstrate against the reforms made by German Defense Minister Georg Leber.
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Leber opens Ludwigshafen station

29.05.1969 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber (r, with signalling disc) opening the station in Ludwigshafen on 29th May 1969 with a loud whistle.
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Leber during press conference

29.04.1970 - Georg Leber, Federal minister of telecommunications, explains the results of the negotiations between the Federal Post Department and the Department for Post and Telecommunications...
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Georg Leber

10.02.1978 - Der scheidende Bundesverteidigungsminister Georg Leber (2.v.r., SPD) verabschiedet sich am 10. Februar 1978 bei der Panzergrenadierbrigade 13 in Wetzlar vom Heer. Rechts Generalleu...
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The party conference of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (

18.06.1976 - Party conference of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) on 18 June 1976 in the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund. Hans-Juergen Wischnewski (r) und Georg Leber (l).
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SPD party congress in Hanover, 1973

01.04.1973 - Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Heinz Kühn, Federal Minister of Defense Georg Leber, Federal Minister for inner-German Relations Egon Franke, and Bundestag president Annem...
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Georg Leber at section opening

28.01.1971 - (l-r) The Fehrbellin mayor Klaus Schütz, minister of transport Georg Leber, and speaker of parliament Water Sickert on 28th January 1971 during the first ride on the new subway tra...
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Leber opens "Rhoenlinie"

30.07.1968 - (front, l-r) Hugo Fink, state secretary in the Bavarian interior ministry, Federal minister of transport Georg Leber and Hessian minister of economy Rudi Arendt open the "Rhoenlini...
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Minister of defence Georg Leber

19.09.1975 - Federal minister of defence Georg Leber on 19th September 1975, the final day of maneuver 'Große Rochade' in Egglkofen. There he had lunch with 40 soldiers of the overhaul battalio...
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Leber and Scheel visit maneuver

18.09.1974 - Federal president Walter Scheel (r) and federal minister of defence Georg Leber (l) were introduced to the exercise during the visit of maneuver 'Schneller Wechsel' (fast change),...
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Vice president of the Bundestag Georg Leber

10.06.1980 - Vice president of the Bundestag Georg Leber at SPD party congress, on 10th June 1980 in Essen.
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Georg Leber at Olympic Games

26.08.1972 - Federal minister of defence Georg Leber during the opening ceremony of the XX. Olympic Games, on 26th August 1972 at the Munich olympic stadium.
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Georg Leber

25.04.1975 - Bundesverteidigungsminister Georg Leber (SPD) im Turm eines Schützenpanzers, aufgenommen am 25. April 1975 in Munster. Nach dem Krieg als Maurer tätig, machte Leber Karriere in der...
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Leber activates emergency call system

29.08.1969 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber has activated the first test series of an emergency call system on the Bundesstraße 9 near Andernach on 29th August 1969.The German Red Cr...
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Hans Apel übernimmt Amt des Verteidigungsministers

17.02.1978 - Der neue Bundesverteidigungsminister Hans Apel (hinten) am 17. Februar 1978 mit seinem Vorgänger Georg Leber (vorn) auf einem kleinen Podest während der Amtsübergabe. Mit militäris...
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Leber presents white book

20.01.1976 - Federal minister of defence Georg Leber presented the white book 1975/76 on the federal republic's security, on 20th January 1976.
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Leber mediates in collective wage negotiations

25.06.1984 - Georg Leber (centre) appears as impartial chairman of the special arbitration board in Ludwigsburg on 25 June 1984 for the settlement of the pay dispute of the IG Metall. His propo...
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Arbeitskampf Metallindustrie - Schlichtungsstelle

21.06.1984 - Von Journalisten umringt: Der Verhandlungsführer der Arbeitgeber, Hans Peter Stihl (l) und die Schlichter, der Konstanzer Arbeitsrechtler Professor Bernd Rüthers (M) und Georg Lebe...
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SPD-Bundesparteitag: Rudolf Scharping und Georg Leber

07.12.1999 - Bundesverteidigungsminister Rudolf Scharping unterhält sich am 7.12.1999 auf dem SPD-Bundesparteitag in Berlin mit einem seiner Amtsvorgänger, Georg Leber (r). [dpabilderarchiv]
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Leber explains motorway map

02.09.1969 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber explains his concept, to build all in all 8,000 kilometres of new motorways and Federal Roads similar to motorways from 1971 to 1985 in Du...
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Leber on an international war victim's meeting

24.09.1972 - The German Minister of Defence Georg Leber (at the lectern) spoke in front of 15.000 people in the stadium of Wetzlar on the occasion of the international war victim's meeting of t...
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Leber observes traffic from above

27.06.1969 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber (m) climbs into a helicopter of the Federal Armed Forces in Bonn on the 27th of June in 1969, to get an idea of the rolling vacation traff...
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Leber drives rail vehicle

06.05.1971 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber inaugurating the first rail vehicle in the world with magnetic field check rail and linear motor on the test track Messerschmitt - Bölkow...
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Georg Leber at 8th Ball of Sports

06.02.1977 - Federal minister Georg Leber (r) dancing with Barbara Genscher (l), wife of politician Hans-Dietrich Genscher, at the Ball of Sports on 6th February 1977 at the Wiesbaden Rhein-Mai...
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Georg Leber

30.11.2002 - Der SPD-Politiker Georg Leber (undatiert). Nach dem Krieg als Maurer tätig, machte Leber Karriere in der Gewerkschaft und wurde 1957 erstmals 1. Vorsitzender der IG Bau Steine Erde...
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John F. Kennedy 1963 in Berlin

26.06.1963 - US president John F. Kennedy on 26 June 1963 in Berlin in the convention center talking to union members. At right mayor Willy Brandt, left union leader Georg Leber.
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Leber at DGB congress

01.09.1959 - Chairman of IG Bau-Steine-Erden, Georg Leber (r) and chairman of ÖTV, Adolf Kummernuss (l) at the DGB congress in Stuttgart in September 1959. From 1957 to 1983 Leber was member of...
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Leber and Maihofer in a conversation

19.01.1978 - Federal minister of defence Georg Leber (r) and federal minister of interior Werner Maihorfer (l) in a conversation, on 19th January 1978, in a Bonn Bundestag debate.
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Sauerland line opened under protest

29.06.1971 - After the opening of the Hessian motorway section of the A 13 (Sauerland line) on 29 June 1971, the car of the German minister of transport Georg Leber drives underneath a protest...
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Construction for transshipment in the port of Hamburg is opened

14.02.1967 - The German minister of transport Georg Leber (centre) and senator Helmuth Kern (to the right of Leber) in the port of Hamburg on 14 February 1967 surrounded by journalists during t...
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Georg Leber's speech in front of the Bundestag

14.12.1982 - The SPD politician Georg Leber gives his probably last speech as parliamentarian in the Bundestag of Bonn on 14 December 1982. After his contribution to the debate, he got applaus...
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Freiherr-vom-Stein badge for Georg Leber

04.12.1987 - Georg Leber (right) was honoured with the Freiherr-vom-Stein badge in Hamburg on 4 December 1987. The former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt (left) honoured him in a laudatory spe...
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Georg Leber with cigar

31.05.1985 - Georg Leber (left) was honoured with the "Golden Cigar" in the Eberbach Abbey in Eltville on 31 May 1985. The Minister of Agriculture Willi Görlach (centre) gave the laudatory spee...
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Vice president of the Bundestag Georg Leber

25.01.1980 - The vice president of the Bundestag Georg Leber in the Bundestag of Bonn on 25 January 1980. From 1957 until 1983, Leber was member of the German Bundestag and Minister of Transpor...
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Leber speaks about the distribution of wealth

19.03.1968 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber (r) applies an equitable distribution of income and wealth in the Bundestag on 19th March 1968 in Bonn. He demands detailed collective neg...
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Leber released Cologne subway for traffic

11.10.1968 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber released the 1.4 km long first section of the Cologne subway net for traffic on 11th October 1968. The minister gave the sign with a golde...
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Leber opens Neckarlinie

10.12.1968 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber (m) opens the last section Sinsheim-Heilbronn-Neckarsulm, which is 29 kilometres long, as last subsection of the motorway Mannheim-Walldor...
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Leber as station master

15.09.1969 - Minister of transport Georg Leber (l) gave the green light for the corridor train Frankfurt/Main - Paris with a signaling disk and a whistle on 15th September 1969 on Frankfurt mai...
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Georg Leber at NATO maneuver

16.09.1973 - Federal minister of defence Georg Leber (m) on a fact-finding visit at the 8th tank division during the NATO maneuver 'Big Ferro 73', on 16th September 1973 in Wriedel. He has info...
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Leber and Scheel at conference of Federal Cabinet

15.02.1978 - Retiring federal minister of defence Georg Leber (l) lighting the cigarette of the new defence minister Hans Apel (r). On this day, 15th February 1978, the Bonn Federal Cabinet is...
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Leber hands over the Sauerland line to the traffic

25.10.1971 - The German minister of transport Georg Leber (in the front, left) and the German Chancellor Willy Brandt (right, behind flowers) hand over the Sauerland line, a motorway section be...
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Leber during first cut of the spade for beltway in Munich

05.04.1971 - Minister of transport Georg Leber (l) during the first cut of spade for the beltway in Munich on the 5th of April in 1971. The beltway of 31 kilometres length is about to relieve t...
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Georg Leber in a train

08.12.1966 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber as a passenger of the German Federal Railway on 8th December 1966. Leber was minister of transport from 1966 to 1972, from 1969 to 1972 he...
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Executive committee of DGB holds a meeting in Munich

01.04.1963 - The executive committee of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) holds a meeting in Munich on the 1st and 2nd of April in 1963. A reception by the Bavarian government take...
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Arbeitskampf Metallindustrie - Schlichtungsstelle

20.06.1984 - (l-r): Der Verhandlungsführer der Arbeitgeber, Hans Peter Stihl, die Schlichter Georg Leber (SPD-Politiker) und Manfred Gentz (Daimler-Benz) und der Konstanzer Arbeitsrechtler Prof...
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Georg Leber

01.02.1974 - Auf eine Ehrenscheibe schossen Bundesverteidigungsminister Georg Leber (vorn, SPD) und der Oberkommandierende der US-Streitkräfte in Europa, General Michael S. Davison bei ihrem In...
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Georg Leber

13.09.1977 - Bundesverteidigungsminister Georg Leber (l, SPD) mit Bundeswehrsoldaten während eines Manövers am 13. September 1977 in der Nähe von Kassel. Nach dem Krieg als Maurer tätig, machte...
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Georg Leber feiert 80. Geburtstag

16.10.2000 - Der frühere Bundesminister und Gewerkschaftsvorsitzende Georg Leber steht am 16.10.2000 am Rednerpult im Frankfurter Palmengarten, wo anlässlich seines 80. Geburtstages ein Empfang...
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Leber at SPD congress of housing and urban construction

19.06.1969 - (l-r) Bavarian SPD chairman Volkmar Gabert, Federal minister of housing Lauritz Lauritzen, Federal health minister Käte Strobel, Federal minister of transport Georg Leber in front...
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Leber regulates coordination of air space

14.07.1971 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber (r) informs the media on the 14th of July in 1971 in Bonn, that flight coordinator Hein K. Gering had taken on his work in Frankfurt am Ma...
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Leber celebrates silver wedding

27.06.1967 - Federal minister of defence Georg Leber (l) and his wife Anna-Maria Leber (r) toasting their 25th wedding anniversary on 27th June 1967 at their home in Schwalbach. Leber has been...
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Debate about traffic in Bundestag

13.11.1968 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber justifies the necessity of a 0,8 legal alcohol limit by referring to the high number of fatal traffic accidents in the Federal Republic of...
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Leber at railway track opening

28.01.1971 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber (r, with signaling disc), constructional senator Rolf Schwedler (l, behind Leber), and mayor Klaus Schütz (r, with hat and glasses) on 28t...
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Motorway section of Krefeld is opened up

13.06.1972 - Minister of transport of North Rhine-Westphalia Horst Ludwig Riemer (left, with glasses) and German minister of transport Georg Leber (centre) in Krefeld on 13 June 1972 during the...
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Georg Leber

28.02.1977 - Bundesverteidigungsminister Georg Leber (SPD) während eines Festakts zum 20-jährigen Bestehen der Bundeswehrschule für Innere Führung Anfang März 1977 in Koblenz. Nach dem Krieg al...
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Georg Leber

20.07.1985 - Der SPD-Politiker Georg Leber und Katja Vojta während ihrer Hochzeit am 20. Juli 1985 in Berchtesgaden. Nach dem Krieg als Maurer tätig, machte Leber Karriere in der Gewerkschaft u...
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Gruppenbild der Mitglieder des Kabinetts von Bundeskanzler Schmidt - 1974

16.05.1974 - Bundespräsident Gustav Heinemann mit den Mitgliedern des Kabinetts Schmidt nach Überreichung der Ernennungsurkunden am 16.05.1974, hier vor der Villa Hammerschmidt. Von links: Helm...
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Federal Minister of Defence Georg Leber and NATO general secretary Joseph Luns

20.01.1976 - Federal Minister of Defence Georg Leber (r) during the 18th minister conference of the nuclear planning group of the NATO in Hamburg talks to NATO general secretary Joseph Luns (l)...
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Leber with first picture phone

12.03.1971 - Federal minister of mail Georg Leber (l) has presented the first picture phone trial in the federal republic on 12th March 1971 in the telecommunication central office in Darmstadt...
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Leber welcomed US maneuver troops

25.08.1976 - Federal minister of defence Georg Leber (r) during his speech at NATO airport Ramstein, on 25th August 1976. Next to him the supreme commander of the NATO forces in Europe US gener...
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Georg Leber and John A. Volpe

29.09.1970 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber (r) and the US American minister of transport John A. Volpe greeting each other collegially on 29th September 1970 at Frankfurt airport. T...
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Leber's farewell to the Bundeswehr

10.02.1978 - Retiring federal minister of defence Georg Leber bidding farewell to the tank grenadier brigade 13, on 10th February 1978 in Wetzlar.
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Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for Georg Leber

14.01.1976 - Federal chancellor Helmut Schmidt (l) presenting the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Germany with sash, star to Georg Leber (r), on 14th January 1976 in Bonn. Federal presiden...
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SPD party conference in Nuremberg in 1986: Georg Leber, Hans-Koschnick and Karl Schiller

25.08.1986 - The party members Georg Leber (left-right), Hans Koschnick and Karl Schiller at the SPD party conference in Nuremberg on 25 August 1986. In a secret ballot at the party conference...
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Leber presents a carnations bunch to Kennedy

26.06.1963 - Federal minister Georg Leber (r) presenting a carnations bunch, which was thrown over the wall by East Berlins the night before with the bid to give it to Kennedy as 'regards from...
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Karl Schiller

30.11.1970 - Karl Schiller (l) mit Bundesverkehrsminister Georg Leber (r) 1971. Schiller übernahm 1966 das Amt des Wirtschaftsministers und nach dem Rücktritt von A. Möller 1971 auch das des Fi...
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John F. Kennedy 1963 in Berlin - Georg Leber

26.06.1963 - Union leader Georg Leber applauds US president John F. Kennedy who talked to union member on 26 June 1963 at the convention center in Berlin.
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Georg Leber in the train

08.12.1966 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber passing the station barrier in Frankfurt on the Main as a passanger of the German railway on 8th December 1966. Leber was minister of tran...
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Leber opens exhibition in Hamburg

23.01.1969 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber (m) and senator of commerce Helmuth Kern (r) during a tour through the exhibition "9th German boat exhibition international" on the 23rd o...
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Georg Leber announces retirement

06.02.1978 - Georg Leber on 6th February 1978 at the SPD party congress in Mannheim. He felt forced on 1st February 1978, after a bugging affair of the military counter intelligence service, to...
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Georg Leber visits the Federal Navy

09.04.1976 - Federal minister of defence Leber on fact-finding visit at the Federal Navy, on 9th April 1976. He took a ride on board of the destroyer 'Hessen' through the Baltic Sea. After a pe...
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Leber at Day of German inland navigation 1967

27.10.1967 - Federal minister of transport Georg Leber during his speech at the Day of German inland navigation on the 27th of October in 1967 in Dortmund. Leber spoke out for interaction of le...
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Federal minister Georg Leber

07.09.1971 - Georg Leber has been a member of the German Bundestag from 1957 to 1983. He has been minister of transport from 1966 to 1972, since 1969 also minister of mail and from 1972 to 1978...
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Erste weibliche Sanitätsoffiziere der Bundeswehr

30.09.1975 - Zwei Stabsärztinnen im Gespräch mit einem Offizier. Fünf von vorerst fünfzig weiblichen Sanitätsoffizieren - im Range eines Stabsarztes - der Bundeswehr wurden Anfang Oktober 1975...
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Hans Apel ist neuer Verteidigungsminister

17.02.1978 - Der neue Bundesverteidigungsminister Hans Apel (r) am 17. Februar 1978 mit seinem Vorgänger Georg Leber beim Abschreiten einer Ehrenformation der Bundeswehr unter den Klängen des P...
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Beerdigung Georg Leber

04.09.2012 - Generale und Admirale halten am Dienstag (04.09.202) in Schönau am Königssee (Oberbayern) Totenwache neben dem Sarg von Georg Leber (SPD). Der ehemalige Verteidigungsminister, auch...
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Beerdigung Georg Leber

04.09.2012 - Bundesverteidigungsminister Thomas de Maiziere (CDU) spricht am Dienstag (04.09.202) in Schönau am Königssee (Oberbayern) auf der Beerdigung des Politikers Georg Leber (SPD). Der e...
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-HJK-  Der SPD Politiker Georg Leber

30.09.2001 - -HJK- Der SPD Politiker Georg Leber
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SPD Parteitag

19.11.2001 - Politik,SPD Parteitag am 19.11.2001 in Nuernberg Georg LEBER,SPD,Portrait,HF
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Georg Leber

07.12.1999 - Georg LEBER, Deutschland, Politiker, SPD, ehemaliger Bundesverteidigungsminister, Q.F, Portrait.
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