What is Kurt Georg Kiesinger?
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F029561-0008, Essen, CDU-Bundestagswahlkongress (cropped).jpg|thumbnail|Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1969)]] '''Kurt Georg Kiesinger''' (6 April 1904 in [[Ebingen]], now [[Baden-Württemberg]] – 9 March 1988 in [[Tübingen]]-Bebenhausen) was a [[Germany|German]] politician. Kiesinger was born in Southern Germany. He studied history and philosophy in Tübingen and later law in [[Berlin]]. He joined the [[Nazi party]] in [[1933]], and worked in the government. After the war he was held in a prison camp in [[Ludwigshafen]]. He was released when notes on his personnel file showed that he had not helped the anti-Jewish actions in his department, and had tried to stop them. In 1946, he started a political career in the [[CDU]]. From 1958 to 1966, he was [[Minister President]] of Baden-Württemberg, from 1967 to 1971 Chair of the CDU. From 1966 to 1969, he was chancellor of West Germany. {{commonscat}} {{Kanzler}} {{Presidents of the Bundesrat of Germany}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiesinger, Kurt Georg}} [[Category:1904 births]] [[Category:1988 deaths]] [[Category:Chancellors of Germany]] [[Category:German civil servants]] [[Category:Members of the German Bundestag]] [[Category:Lawyers from Baden-Württemberg]] [[Category:Ministers-President of Baden-Württemberg]] [[Category:Nazis]] [[Category:Politicians from Baden-Württemberg]] [[Category:Politicians of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany]]