Bernhard Vogel
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| Minister-President of Thuringia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 February 1992 – 5 June 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Ulrich Fickel Gerd Schuchardt Andreas Trautvetter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Josef Duchač | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dieter Althaus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of the Bundesrat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 November 1987 – 31 October 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Vice President | Walter Wallmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Walter Wallmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Björn Engholm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 3 December 1976 – 31 October 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Vice President | Albert Osswald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Albert Osswald | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Gerhard Stoltenberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 2 December 1976 – 8 December 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Otto Meyer Carl-Ludwig Wagner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Helmut Kohl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Carl-Ludwig Wagner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister for Education and Culture of Rhineland-Palatinate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 18 May 1967 – 2 December 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister-President | Peter Altmeier Helmut Kohl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Eduard Orth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Hanna-Renate Laurien | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 December 1932 Göttingen, Province of Hanover, Prussia, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 March 2025 (aged 92) Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | CDU (from 1960) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Hans-Jochen Vogel (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Heidelberg University Munich University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bernhard Vogel (German: [ˈbɛʁnhaʁt ˈfoːɡl̩]; 19 December 1932 – 2 March 2025) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was the 4th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1976 to 1988 and the second Minister President of Thuringia from 1992 to 2003. He was the only person to have been head of two different German federal states and was the longest-governing Minister President of Germany. He served as the 28th and 40th President of the Bundesrat in 1976 to 1977 and 1987 to 1988.