Karl Ahrens (13 March 1924 – 6 March 2015) was a German

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politician who served as member of the German

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from 1969 to 1990. He had a doctorate in law and was an assistant secretary of the Lower-Saxon ministry of the interior. As a member of the Bundestag, he worked mainly in the committee on economic affairs. Ahrens was president of the

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from 1984 to 1996. He served as president of the

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from 1983 to 1986 and was the first German to do so.

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