Dr. Rolf Böhme (6 August 1934,

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– 12 February 2019) was a German politician and mayor of the Southwest city of

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for 20 years between 1982 and 2002. He was a member of the

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(SPD). Before becoming Mayor, he was a member of the German parliament (

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) between 1972 and 1982. From 1978 until 1982, he was also deputy minister of the Finance Ministry of the German Federal Republic (Parliamentarischer Staatssekretär).

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