What is Erhard Eppler?
{{Infobox Politician | image = 2015-12 Erhard Eppler SPD Bundesparteitag by Olaf Kosinsky-2.jpg | name = Erhard Eppler | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|12|09|df=no}} | birth_place = [[Ulm]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|10|19|1926|12|09}} |death_place = [[Schwäbisch Hall]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]] | office = [[Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development|Minister for Economic Cooperation]] | term_start = 1968 | term_end = 1974 | predecessor = [[Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski]] | successor = [[Egon Bahr]] | party = SPD | occupation = Teacher}} [[File:Engelsfest Wuppertal 2013 72.jpg|thumb|Erhard Eppler 2013]] '''Erhard Eppler''' (9 December 1926 – 19 October 2019) was a [[Germany|German]] [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic]] [[politician]]. He was the founder of the [[Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit|GTZ]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gtz.de/en/top-themen/7222.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927172928/http://www.gtz.de/en/top-themen/7222.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007|title=GTZ. Interview Erhard Eppler|work=Web Archive|date=27 September 2007|access-date=5 July 2013}}</ref> During most years between 1970 and 1991 Eppler belonged to the SPD's National Executive Committee. He also chaired an SPD commission on tax reform, and a commission for formulating the party's basic values. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Eppler, Erhard}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:German Lutherans]] [[Category:Economic Cooperation ministers of Germany]] [[Category:People from Ulm]] [[Category:Politicians from Baden-Württemberg]] [[Category:Politicians of the Social Democratic Party of Germany]] {{bio-stub}}