Wolfgang Stammberger (14 July 1920 – 1 May 1982) was a German

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and

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. He served as German

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from 1961 to 1962. Born in

Coburg Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it ...

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, Stammberger saw his studies interrupted by

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, but eventually earned his

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from the

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. He became a member of the German Bundestag in 1953, and retained his seat until 1969. In 1964, he switched from the Free Democratic Party to the

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. Between 1970 and 1978, he served as mayor of Coburg. His niece,

Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger ( Leutheusser; born 26 July 1951) is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party and a prominent advocate of human rights in Germany and Europe. Within the FDP, she is a leading figure of the soc ...

, later also served as Minister of Justice.

External links

Short bio at Friedrich Naumann Stiftung
1920 births 1982 deaths People from Coburg German military personnel of World War II Justice ministers of Germany Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria Members of the Bundestag 1965–1969 Members of the Bundestag 1961–1965 Members of the Bundestag 1957–1961 Members of the Bundestag 1953–1957 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg alumni Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany) {{Germany-FDP-politician-stub