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Word: windelen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1983-1983
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...Kohl, who had, after all, handily defeated Vogel and the Social Democrats last month. The Chancellor has also put his own stamp on the new coalition government, a Cabinet of eight Christian Democrats, five Christian Socialists and three Free Democrats. There were only two new faces: Christian Democrat Heinrich Windelen (Inter-German Affairs) and Christian Socialist Ignaz Kiechle (Agriculture). Most significantly, Free Democrat Leader Hans-Dietrich Genscher stayed on as Foreign Minister. A man who coveted that job-Franz-Josef Strauss, the right-wing leader of the Christian Democrats' sister party in Bavaria, the Christian Social Union-thus remained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Greenhorns | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

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