German politician (1922–1987)
Peter Lorenz (right). Peter Lorenz (22 December 1922 – 6 December 1987) was a German politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) .
In 1975 Lorenz was a candidate for mayor ofWest Berlin . He was kidnapped by the2 June Movement group three days before the elections on 27 February. The group demanded a release of several imprisoned left-wing militants, including 2 June Movement membersVerena Becker andGabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann as well asHorst Mahler , one of the founders of theRed Army Faction (RAF) andMunich Tupamaros memberRolf Heissler .Although Mahler refused to be exchanged, the other prisoners were set free.[ 1]
After the militants had been flown out toAden ,South Yemen , Lorenz was set free on 4 March. He had won theplurality (43.9%) of votes while being absent, neverthelessKlaus Schütz , relying on a coalition ofSocial Democrats andFree Democrats , remained mayor.
One of the freed prisoners, Rolf Heissler, became a member of the group which abductedHanns-Martin Schleyer in 1977 to exchange him for imprisoned RAF members. After the operation had failed, Schleyer was killed. Heissler was one of his two murderers.[ 2]
CDU/CSU
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Speaker: Thomas Ebermann ,
Bärbel Rust ,
Waltraud Schoppe until 26 January 1988;
Helmut Lippelt ,
Regula Schmidt-Bott ,
Christa Vennegerts until 30 January 1989,
Helmut Lippelt ,
Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin ,
Antje Vollmer until 15 January 1990;
Willi Hoss ,
Waltraud Schoppe (until 21 June 1990),
Marianne Birthler (from 4 October 1990),
Antje Vollmer AL: Frieß (from 21 February 1989)Olms (until 20 February 1989)Sellin (until 20 February 1989)Vogl (from 21 February 1989)Bündnis 90: Birthler (from 3 October 1990)Gauck (from 3 October 1990 until 4 October 1990)Schulz (from 3 October 1990)Tschiche (from 3 October 1990)Ullmann (from 3 October 1990)
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