Olaf von Wrangel (July 20 1928,

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) was a German journalist, radio- and television correspondent and

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for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU).

Life

He was a member of

Wrangel family Wrangel (sometimes transliterated as Wrangell or Vrangel, from the Russian ''Вра́нгель'') is a Baltic German noble family, whose members have also been included in Swedish, Russian, Spanish and Prussian nobility. The family's earliest kn ...

. His father was lawyer and landowner Wilhelm von Wrangel and his mother was Annemarie Thomson. His grandfather was German general mayor Nikolaus Alexander von Wrangel. In his childhood his parents left with him at the end of World War II for

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. In 1945, he was a soldier during the fights in Berlin. Wrangel went after World War II to a school in

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. In

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, from 1949 to 1954 he studied history, sociology and law at the

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. In 1953 he married Liselotte Mugrauer and they had three daughters. In 1974 Wrangel married Brigitta Lewens. In 1954, Wrangel became a member of the CDU political party. From 1954 to 1956 he worked for German television station

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(NWDR) in

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. He became director of NDR studio in Bonn. In 1961, he became editor-in-chief for NDR. In 1962 Wrangel became second programme director for NDR and from 1982 to 1988 was programme director for NDR. From 1965 to 1982 Wrangel was member in German

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Books by Wrangel

* ''Liebeserklärung an die Bundesrepublik'', 1971, Seewald Verlag StuttgartBundesarchiv.de: Olaf von Wrangel
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Awards

* 1974: Komturcross of Order of the Dannebrog * 1976:

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References

External links

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: Geschichte der CDU, Olaf von Wrangel (German)

Bundesarchiv.de: Olaf von Wrangel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wrangel, Olaf von 1928 births 2009 deaths Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany Members of the Bundestag 1980–1983 Members of the Bundestag 1976–1980 Members of the Bundestag 1972–1976 Members of the Bundestag 1969–1972 Members of the Bundestag 1965–1969 Members of the Bundestag for Schleswig-Holstein 20th-century German politicians German journalists German male journalists German television journalists German television reporters and correspondents German radio presenters 20th-century German journalists Norddeutscher Rundfunk people Wrangel family Baltic-German people Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Order of the Dannebrog