He was one of the founding members of the German Green Party in 1980, and was member of the parliament of Baden-Württemberg from 1984 to 1988 and again from 1992 to 2000.
In 1989 he changed to become professor of communication at the Merz-Akademie in Stuttgart.
When he was elected chairman of the party in 2000 he had to quit his membership of the parliament due to the policy of his party to have only one political position at one time.
In the 2002 election for the German Bundestag he got a seat as well, and as the party failed to allow an exception on this policy he quit the position of chairman to focus on the work in parliament. His successor as chairman is Reinhard Bütikofer.
Fritz Kuhn is married to Waltraud Ulshöfer, and has two sons.
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Fritz Kuhn official German homepage (http://www.fritz-kuhn.de)
Fritz Julius Kuhn (May 15, 1896–December 14, 1951), son of Georg Kuhn and Julia Justyna Kuhn (born Beuth), was the controversial leader of the German-American Bund, prior to World War II.
Though Kuhn was accused of embezzlement by the government, followers of the Bund disagreed with this finding and continued to hold him in high regard.
During World War II, Kuhn was held by the federal government at an internment camp in Texas.
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