What is Bernhard Vogel?
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F077600-0003, Bernhard Vogel cropped.jpg|right|thumb|Bernhard Vogel (1988)]] '''Bernhard Vogel''' ({{IPA-de|bɛɐnˈhaʁt ˈfɔgəl}}; 19 December 1932 &ndash; 2 March 2025) was a [[Germany|German]] [[politician]]. He was a member of the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]. He was the 4th Minister President of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]] from 1976 to 1988 and the 2nd Minister President of [[Thuringia]] from 1992 to 2003. He was born in [[Göttingen]], [[Germany]]. He was the only person to have been head of two different German federal states. He was the [[List of longest governing German Ministers-President|longest governing]] Minister President of Germany. He was the 28th and 40th [[President of the German Bundesrat|President]] of the [[Bundesrat of Germany|Bundesrat]] in 1976/77 and 1987/88.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Vogel | first = Bernhard |author2=Roman Herzog |author3=Michael Borchard |author4=Uwe Spindeldreier | title = Sorge tragen für die Zukunft: Reden 1998–2002 | edition = 1st | year = 2002 | publisher = Christoph Links Verlag | location = Berlin | language = German | isbn =3-86153-283-2 | pages = 237f | chapter = Lebensstationen }}</ref> Vogel died on 2 March 2025 in [[Speyer]], Germany at the age of 92.<ref>[https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/bernhard-vogel-tot-100.html Ex-Ministerpräsident Bernhard Vogel ist tot.] tagesschau.de, 3 March 2025 (in German). Retrieved 3 March 2025.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vogel, Bernhard}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2025 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Rhineland-Palatinate]] [[Category:Politicians from Thuringia]] [[Category:Presidents of the German Bundesrat]] [[Category:Politicians of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany]] {{bio-stub}}