Wolfgang Thierse is the current speaker of the Bundestag. He was born on October 22, 1943 in Breslau. He studied at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin. Later, he worked for the east-german ministry for cultural affairs. In 1989, he joined the Neues Forum. He then joined the SPD in 1990. He subsequently became a member of the Bundestag, and in 1998, after the socialdemocrats had won the general elections, he was elected as speaker of the german Bundestag. The Bundestag (Federal Diet) is the parliament of Germany. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Wrocław. ... Alternative meaning: Humboldt State University, located in Arcata, California Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (German Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) is Berlins oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin (Universität zu Berlin) by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... New Forum (German: Neues Forum) was an opposition movement in East Germany. ... The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD – Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) is the second oldest political party of Germany still in existence and also one of the oldest and largest in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bundestag (Federal Diet) is the parliament of Germany. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Thierse is seen by Germans as one of the early heroes who helped contribute to the destruction of the wall.
Thierse said he did not agree with demonstrators in Berlin who have recently protested economic cutback proposals, but said he was glad that he had demonstrated once, earning others the right to demonstrate now.
Through an interpreter, Thierse told a gathering Monday of members of Congress, administration officials and research group representatives that he was proud to be the first Bundestag president to visit Washington in 30 years, especially at this "exciting moment" in the presidential race.
WolfgangThierse (hier bei der Verleihung der Ehrendoktorwürde) ist seit 2004 Ehrendoktor der Philosophischen Fakultät der Universität Münster.
Nach dem Abitur machte Thierse zunächst eine Lehre zum Schriftsetzer und begann 1964 ein Studium der Germanistik und der Kulturwissenschaften an der Humboldt-Universität Berlin, welches er 1969 beendete.
Von März bis Oktober 1990 gehörte Thierse der ersten frei gewählten Volkskammer der DDR an.
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