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Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

German decoration

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Memorial Pages

42 memorial pages

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Portrait of Rita Süssmuth (1937–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Rita Süssmuth

02/17/1937 – 02/01/2026

88 years

German politician

Neuss
1
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FB
Portrait of Frits Bolkestein (1933–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Frits Bolkestein

04/04/1933 – 02/17/2025

91 years

Dutch politician

Rosa Spier Huis
2
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PB
Portrait of Princess Birgitta of Sweden (1937–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Princess Birgitta of Sweden

01/19/1937 – 12/04/2024

87 years

Swedish princess (1937-2024); elder sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Mallorca
2611
Family Tree
RD
Portrait of Roland Dumas (1922–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Roland Dumas

08/23/1922 – 07/03/2024

101 years

French lawyer and politician

4th arrondissement of Paris
21
Family Tree
WS
Portrait of Wolfgang Schäuble (1942–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Wolfgang Schäuble

09/18/1942 – 12/26/2023

81 years

German politician and statesman

Offenburg
2
Family Tree
KS
Portrait of Karel Schwarzenberg (1937–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Karel Schwarzenberg

12/10/1937 – 11/12/2023

85 years

Czech politician, minister of foreign affairs and vice prime minister

Vienna
1152
HV
Portrait of Hans-Jochen Vogel (1926–2020) – memorial page

Memorial

Hans-Jochen Vogel

02/03/1926 – 07/26/2020

94 years

German politician

München
1
Family Tree
YN
Portrait of Yasuhiro Nakasone (1918–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Yasuhiro Nakasone

05/27/1918 – 11/29/2019

101 years

Japanese politician

Tokyo
12
DD
Portrait of Diogo de Freitas do Amaral (1941–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Diogo de Freitas do Amaral

07/21/1941 – 10/03/2019

78 years

Portuguese politician

Póvoa de Varzim
1
PT
Portrait of Prem Tinsulanonda (1920–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Prem Tinsulanonda

08/26/1920 – 05/26/2019

98 years

former Regent of Thailand

Phramongkutklao Hospital
1
HB
Portrait of Harold Brown (1927–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Harold Brown

09/19/1927 – 01/04/2019

91 years

U.S. Secretary of Defense

Rancho Santa Fe
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KA
Portrait of Kofi Annan (1938–2018) – memorial page

Memorial

Kofi Annan

04/08/1938 – 08/18/2018

80 years

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Bern
1
AM
Portrait of Alois Mock (1934–2017) – memorial page

Memorial

Alois Mock

06/10/1934 – 06/01/2017

82 years

Austrian politician

Vienna
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R6
Portrait of Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934–2017) – memorial page

Memorial

Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

10/29/1934 – 03/13/2017

82 years

German prince (1934-2017); husband of Princess Benedikte of Denmark

Bad Berleburg
11489
Family Tree
SD

Memorial

Sixto Durán-Ballén

07/14/1921 – 11/15/2016

95 years

President of Ecuador

Quito
12
CA
Portrait of Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

12/09/1920 – 09/16/2016

95 years

President of Italy from 1999 to 2006

Rome
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WS
Portrait of Walter Scheel (1919–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Walter Scheel

07/08/1919 – 08/24/2016

97 years

President of West Germany

Bad Krozingen
21
Family Tree
LS
Portrait of Lothar Späth (1937–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Lothar Späth

11/16/1937 – 03/18/2016

78 years

German politician of the CDU

Stuttgart
11
Family Tree
WB
Portrait of Władysław Bartoszewski (1922–2015) – memorial page

Memorial

Władysław Bartoszewski

02/19/1922 – 04/24/2015

93 years

Polish politician and activist

Warsaw
12
Family Tree
EA
Portrait of Ernst Albrecht (1930–2014) – memorial page

Memorial

Ernst Albrecht

06/29/1930 – 12/13/2014

84 years

German politician

Burgdorf
114
JD
Portrait of Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940–2014) – memorial page

Memorial

Jean-Luc Dehaene

08/07/1940 – 05/15/2014

73 years

Prime Minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999

Quimper
1
Family Tree
WM
Portrait of Wilfried Martens (1936–2013) – memorial page

Memorial

Wilfried Martens

04/19/1936 – 10/09/2013

77 years

Belgian politician

Lokeren
11
EC
Portrait of Emilio Colombo (1920–2013) – memorial page

Memorial

Emilio Colombo

04/11/1920 – 06/24/2013

93 years

Italian Prime Minister, politician

Rome
1
GH
Portrait of Gyula Horn (1932–2013) – memorial page

Memorial

Gyula Horn

07/05/1932 – 06/19/2013

80 years

Hungarian politician

Budapest
1

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