biography
pronunciation:
[epelman]
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| lived:
| (1943– )
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| biography:
| German politician and theologian, born in Berlin, Germany. He was persecuted for his criticism of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) regime. A founder-member of the party Demokratischer Aufbruch (1989), he served briefly as Minister ohne Geschäftsbereich (1990), then Minister für Abrüstung und Verteidigung in the GDR, and became a member of the Bundestag (Christlich-Demokratische Union) from December 1990. |
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