biography
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Bennigsen, Rudolf von
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| male
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| lived:
| (1824–1902)
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| biography:
| German politician, born in Lüneburg, NC Germany. In 1859 he became chairman of the Deutscher Nationalverein (German National Union). In 1867 he joined the Reichstag and the Prussian Abgeordnetenhaus, serving as president of the latter from 1873 to 1879. As leader of the national liberals he supported Bismarck, but broke with him following the adoption of the anti-Left Sozialistengesetz, resigning all his posts in 1883. He returned to the Reichstag (1887–98), serving also as supreme president of the province of Hanover (1888–98). |
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