The Trump family is the prominent wealthy family of US president

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45 ...

. The family is of Bavarian

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and

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descent. They are active in business, entertainment, politics, and real estate. Prominent members such as the President's grandfather Friedrich Trump and his father

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are grouped here.

Immediate family

Wives

Ivana Trump

Ivana Marie Trump (

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Zelníčková), the first wife of Donald Trump, was born on February 20, 1949, in

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(now Czechia). She was a fashion model and businesswoman who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1988. They were married from 1977 until 1990. Ivana died of blunt impact injuries to the

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after falling down stairs at her home on the

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. Ivana was a senior executive of

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for seven years, including executive vice president for interior design. She led the interior design of Trump Tower with its signature pink marble. Ivana was appointed CEO and president of the Trump Castle Hotel and Casino in

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and later became the manager of the

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Marla Maples

Marla Ann Maples, the second wife of Donald Trump, was born on October 27, 1963, in

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. She was an actress, television personality, model, singer and presenter. They married in December 1993, two months after the birth of their daughter Tiffany, separated in 1997 and divorced in 1999.

Melania Trump

Melania Trump (née Knavs), the third and current wife of Donald Trump, was born on April 26, 1970, in

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(now

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). She had a lengthy modeling career and is the second foreign-born

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, the first being

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. They were married in 2005. Melania became a naturalized

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on July 28, 2006. She did not immediately move into the

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when her husband became president, but remained at Trump Tower with their son

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until the end of the 2016–2017 school year. Melania and her son moved to the White House on June 11, 2017.

Children

Trump has five children from three marriages: DonJr., Ivanka, and

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with

Ivana Trump Ivana Marie Trump (; February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a businesswoman, socialite, and model. She lived in Canada in the 1970s, before relocating to the United States and marrying Donald Trump in 1977. She held key managerial positions ...

;

Tiffany Trump Tiffany Ariana Trump (born October 13, 1993) is the fourth child of Donald Trump, the president of the United States, and his only child with his second wife, Marla Maples. Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, and primarily raised by her mother ...

with

Marla Maples Marla Ann Maples (born October 27, 1963) is an American singer, television personality, model, actress and presenter. She was the second wife of U.S. president Donald Trump. They married two months after the birth of their daughter, Tiffany, i ...

; and Barron with

Melania Trump Melania Knauss Trump (born Melanija Knavs, April26, 1970) is a Slovenian and American former model who is married to U.S. President Donald Trump. Since 2025, Melania Trump has served as the first lady of the United States, a role she previous ...

First marriage

Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric are Trump's three eldest children, from his first marriage with

. Prior to the election, each of the siblings held the title of executive vice president at

. During the campaign, they served as surrogates for their father on national news programs. Following Trump's election victory, all three were named to the presidential transition team. Following the inauguration, DonaldJr. and Eric took charge of the family's real estate empire. Ivanka moved to Washington, D.C., with her husband

Jared Kushner Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman and investor. He is a son-in-law of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, through his marriage to Ivanka Trump and served as a senior advisor in his father-in- ...

, who was appointed to a senior White House advisory position.

Second marriage

Tiffany Ariana Trump (born October 13, 1993) is Donald Trump's only child with

. In 2016, she participated little in her father's campaign because she was studying

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and

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at the

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. Shortly after graduating, she made a supportive speech for her father at the

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at age 22. She was awarded a J.D. degree from

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in May 2020.

Third marriage

Barron Trump on the White House South Lawn

Barron William Trump (born March 20, 2006) is Trump's youngest child and his only child with

. In May 2006, Barron was

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at the

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church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida. He attended the

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and Oxbridge Academy in

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. Currently, he attends Leonard N. Stern School of Business of

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. In addition to

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, Barron is fluent in Slovene. Trump was an apolitical figure during his father's presidencies, attracting media attention despite attempts by Melania to distance her son from politics. Following the end of his father's first term, he moved to Florida and graduated in May 2024 from Oxbridge Academy in

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. Trump was invited to become an at-large delegate for Florida at the

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, but he declined. At a 2018 event for her

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campaign, his mother said Trump does not have social media accounts.

Grandchildren

Trump has eleven grandchildren. Son Donald Trump Jr. and his former wife

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have five children, the eldest of whom is Kai; daughter

Ivanka Trump Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump (; born October 30, 1981) is an American businesswoman. She is the second child of Donald Trump, the president of the United States, and his first wife, Ivana. Trump was a senior advisor in her father's first admi ...

and her husband

have three; son

and his wife

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, two, and daugher

and her husband

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have one.

Ancestry

According to biographer Gwenda Blair, the family descended from an itinerant lawyer, Hanns Drumpf, who settled in

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, a village in the

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of the

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, in 1608, and whose descendants changed their name from Drumpf to Trump during the

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(1618–1648). The last name Trump is on record in Kallstadt since the 18th century.Verein für Computergenealogie
Vorfahren von Friederich "Fritz" Trump
Journalist Kate Connolly, visiting Kallstadt, found several variations in spelling of the surname in the village archives, including Drumb, Tromb, Tromp, Trum, Trumpff, and Dromb. Johannes Trump, born in the nearby village of

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in 1789, had established himself by the early 1830s as a winegrower in Kallstadt, which had then become part of

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, where his grandson, Friedrich Trump, the grandfather of Donald Trump, was born in 1869. Several of his descendants also were vintners in Kallstadt, one of many villages in the famous wine-growing region of the Palatinate (''Pfalz''). Johannes Trump's sister Charlotte Louisa married Johann Georg Heinz. Their son Johann Heinrich (John Henry) Heinz (1811–1891), who emigrated to the United States in 1840, was the father of Henry J. Heinz (1844–1919), founder of the

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company and Donald Trump's second cousin twice removed. This German heritage was long concealed by Donald Trump's father,

, who had grown up in a mainly German-speaking environment until he was ten years old; after

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and until the 1980s, he told people he was of Swedish ancestry. Donald Trump repeated this version in ''The Art of the Deal'' (1987) but later said he is "proud" of his German heritage, and served as grand marshal of the 1999

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. The Trump family in Germany were

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. Donald Trump's parents attended First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens, where Trump was

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in 1959.

Family tree

* Johann Paul Trump (1727–1792), married Maria Elisabetha Setzer ** Charlotte Louisa Trump (1789–1833), married Johann Georg Heinz *** John Henry Heinz (1811–1891), immigrated to the United States in 1840, married Anna Margaretha Schmidt (1822–1899), emigrated to the United States in 1840 ****

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(1844–1919), founder of the

company ***** Howard Heinz (1877–1941) ****** Henry John “Jack” Heinz II (1908–1987), CEO of

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, married and divorced Joan Diehl (1911–1999) ******* Henry John Heinz III,

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and later United States Senator from Pennsylvania (1938–1991), married Teresa Simões-Ferreira (b. 1938), who herself married

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********

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(b. 1969) ******** Christopher Heinz (b. 1973) ** Johannes Trump (1789–1835), married Susanna Maria Bechtloff *** Johannes Christian Trump (1829–1877), married Katharina Kober (1836–1922) **** Friedrich Trump (1869–1918), barber, restaurant and hotel manager, immigrated to the United States in 1885/1905, and married to Elisabeth Christ who herself immigrated to the United States in 1902. ***** Elizabeth (Elisabeth) Trump (1904–1961), married William Otto Walter ****** William Trump Walter (1931–2020) ******

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(1934–2018), referred to as the Trump "family historian", 14th Mayor of

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, and later its village historian, married Joan Smith ******* Christine Walter ******* Nancy Walter ******* Cindy Walter ***** Frederick Christ "Fred" Trump (1905–1999), real estate developer, married

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(1912–2000) who immigrated to the United States from

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in 1930. ******

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(1937–2023), federal judge, married/divorced David Desmond; married John Barry ******* David William Desmond, married Lisa Aitken ****** Frederick Crist "Freddy" Trump Jr. (1938–1981),

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pilot, married/divorced Linda Clapp ******* Frederick Crist "Fritz" Trump III (born 1962) married Lisa Beth Lorant ********Cristopher Trump ********Andrea Trump ********William Trump *******

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(born 1965), psychologist, author, married/divorced Dina Nowak ******** Avary Trump ****** Elizabeth Joan Trump (born 1942), married James Walter Grau ******* ******

Donald John Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. ...

(born 1946), real estate developer, 45th and 47th president of the United States, married/divorced

Ivana Zelníčková Ivana Marie Trump (; February 20, 1949 – July 14, 2022) was a businesswoman, socialite, and model. She lived in Canada in the 1970s, before relocating to the United States and marrying Donald Trump in 1977. She held key managerial positions ...

(1949–2022); married/divorced

; married

Melania Knauss Melania Knauss Trump (born Melanija Knavs, April26, 1970) is a Slovenian and American former model who is married to U.S. President Donald Trump. Since 2025, Melania Trump has served as the first lady of the United States, a role she previous ...

******* Donald John Trump Jr. (born 1977; of first marriage), married/divorced Vanessa Haydon ******** Kai Madison Trump (born 2007) ********Donald John Trump III (born 2009) ********Tristan Milos Trump (born 2011) ********Spencer Frederick Trump (born 2012) ********Chloe Sophia Trump (born 2014) ******* Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump (born 1981; of first marriage), married

******** Arabella Rose Kushner (born 2011) ******** Joseph Frederick Kushner (born 2013) ******** Theodore James Kushner (born 2016) ******* Eric Frederick Trump (born 1984; of first marriage), married Lara Yunaska ********Eric Luke Trump (born 2017) ********Carolina Dorothy Trump (born 2019) ******* Tiffany Ariana Trump (born 1993; of second marriage), married

********Alexander Trump Boulos (born 2025) ******* Barron William Trump (born 2006; of third marriage) ****** Robert Stewart Trump (1948–2020), married/divorced Blaine Beard; married Ann Marie Pallan ***** John George Trump (1907–1985), married Elora Gordon Sauerbrun (1913–1983) ******John Gordon Trump (1938–2012) ******Christine Elora Trump Philp (1942–2021) ****** Karen Elizabeth Trump Ingraham (b. 1949)

Parents

Fred Trump

Donald Trump's father, Fred Trump (1905–1999), born in New York, was a successful real estate developer in New York City. Using their inheritance, Fred Trump and his mother Elizabeth founded E. Trump & Son in 1927. The company grew to build and manage single-family houses in

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, barracks and garden apartments for

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personnel near major shipyards along the East Coast, and more than 27,000 apartments in New York City. Trump was investigated by a

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committee for

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in 1954, and again by the

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in 1966. Donald Trump became the president of his father's real estate business in 1971, and renamed it the Trump Organization around 1973. That year, Donald and his father were sued by the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division for violating the

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. In the mid-1970s, Donald received loans from his father exceeding $14million (later claimed by Donald to have been only $1million). Donald served as the Trump Organization's chairman and president until assuming the office of

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Mary Anne MacLeod Trump

Born as Mary Anne MacLeod (1912–2000) in

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, a small village near

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, in the

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of Scotland, she was a daughter of fisherman Malcolm MacLeod and Mary MacLeod (née Smith). At age 17, she immigrated to the United States with $50 (), and moved in with a sister before starting work as a

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in New York. Mary and Fred Trump met in New York and married in 1936, settling together in

. Mary became a U.S. citizen in 1942. While visiting Scotland in June 2008, Donald Trump said in part, "I think I do feel Scottish."

Grandparents

Frederick Trump

In 1885, Donald Trump's grandfather, Friedrich Trump, emigrated from Kallstadt, Palatinate (then part of the

), to the United States at age 16. He

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his name to ''Frederick'' in 1892 when he became a U.S. citizen. During the Klondike Gold Rush, he amassed a fortune by opening a restaurant and hotel in Bennett and later

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, serving gold seekers on their way to the region; one biographer wrote that the business included a brothel, a portrayal Donald Trump has said was "totally false". On attempting to return, Frederick was exiled by Germany in 1905 for his lack of mandatory military service and not giving authorities notice before his 1885 departure; an appeal was denied. He died in the first wave of the

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pandemic in 1918. After his death, his fortune was passed on to his wife and son.

Elizabeth Christ Trump

Donald Trump's grandmother, Elizabeth Christ Trump, was born in 1880 and died on June 6, 1966. She married Frederick Trump in 1902 and moved to the United States with him. Like her husband, she was a native of Kallstadt, born as the daughter of Philipp and Marie Christ. Philipp Christ was descended from Johannes Christ (1626–1688/9) of Flörsheim,

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

. Elizabeth Christ Trump was a descendant of organ builder Johann Michael Hartung (1708–1763) through her paternal grandmother Sabina Christ.

Malcolm MacLeod

Donald Trump's maternal grandfather, Malcolm (or Calum) MacLeod, was born on December 27, 1866, in

on the

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and died on Lewis on June 22, 1954. He was a crofter, fisherman and a compulsory officer.

Mary Ann Smith MacLeod

Donald Trump's maternal grandmother, Mary Ann Smith, was born on July 11, 1867, and died on December 17, 1963. She married Malcolm MacLeod on April 23, 1891, and had ten children with him.

Siblings

Maryanne Trump Barry

Maryanne Trump Barry (1937–2023) was Donald Trump's eldest sister. She was a senior

federal judge Federal judges are judges appointed by a federal level of government as opposed to the state/provincial/local level. United States A U.S. federal judge is appointed by the U.S. president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in accordance with Arti ...

on the

Third Circuit Court of Appeals The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (in case citations, 3d Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts: * District of Delaware * District of New Jersey * Eas ...

, became inactive in 2017 after her brother took office, and retired in 2019.

Fred Trump Jr.

Frederick "Freddy" Crist TrumpJr. (1938–1981) was Donald Trump's older brother. On September 26, 1981, at the age of 42, he died from a heart attack.

Elizabeth Trump Grau

Elizabeth Joan Trump Grau (born 1942) is an older sister of Donald Trump. In 1989, she married film producer James Grau. She worked as an administrative assistant for

Chase Manhattan Bank JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., doing business as Chase, is an American national bank headquartered in New York City that constitutes the consumer and commercial banking subsidiary of the U.S. multinational banking and financial services holding ...

, before retiring to Florida. She is the only living sibling of Donald Trump.

Robert Trump

Robert Stewart Trump (1948–2020) was Donald Trump's younger brother. He was a business executive who managed Trump Management Inc, the Trump Organization's real estate holdings outside Manhattan. He was an investor in SHiRT LLC, one of two owners of Virginia-based CertiPathx which was awarded a $33-million government contract in 2019. Robert Trump married Blaine Beard in 1980. They were divorced in 2009 after he had left his wife for Trump Organization employee Ann Marie Pallan. He married Pallan in early 2020. Robert died on August 15, 2020, at the age of 71. According to ''The New York Times'', he had been having brain bleeds after a recent fall.

Other relatives

John G. Trump

Donald Trump's paternal uncle John George Trump (1907–1985) was an electrical engineer, inventor and physicist who developed rotational

radiation therapy Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a therapy, treatment using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of treatment of cancer, cancer therapy to either kill or control the growth of malignancy, malignant cell (biology), ...

, and, together with

Robert J. Van de Graaff Robert Jemison Van de Graaff (December 20, 1901 – January 16, 1967) was an American physicist, noted for his design and construction of high-voltage Van de Graaff generators. He spent most of his career in the Massachusetts Institute of Tech ...

, one of the first million-volt

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s. He was awarded the

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by President

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...

and was a member of the

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John W. Walter

Donald Trump's first cousin John W. Walter (1934–2018) was a son of father Fred's sister Elizabeth Trump and William Walter. He worked for the Trump Organization for most of his life and was executive vice president of Trump Management, Inc. He shared ownership of All County Building Supply & Maintenance Corp with Donald Trump, Maryanne Trump Barry, Elizabeth Trump Grau, and Robert Trump. Walter also served as the mayor of

, between 1988 and 1996, and as its historian from 1996 until his death in 2018.

Mary L. Trump

Donald Trump's niece Mary L. Trump is a

clinical psychologist Clinical psychology is an integration of human science, behavioral science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well ...

, businessperson, and author who wrote a book about Donald Trump and the family titled '' Too Much and Never Enough'' (2020).

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