Helmut Markwort

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{{Short description|German journalist}}

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Helmut Markwort (born 8 December 1936 in Darmstadt) is a German journalist and former editor-in-chief of the German weekly news magazine Focus from 1993 to 2010. He is a member of the Landtag of Bavaria (state parliament) for the liberal Free Democratic Party of Germany.{{cite web |url=http://www.diebadhonnefer.de/medien-macher-helmut-markwort.htm |title=Medien-Macher: Helmut Markwort : Die Bad Honnefer Wochenzeitung |accessdate=14 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213051045/http://www.diebadhonnefer.de/medien-macher-helmut-markwort.htm |archivedate=13 February 2010 }}

Markwort was nominated by his party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/878348/b21e5621b2f3de04e328535bd589e151/mitglieder_bv_2022-data.pdf 17th Federal Convention, 13 February 2022, List of Members] Bundestag.