Lieselotte Berger

{{Short description|German politician (1920–1989)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Lieselotte Berger

| office = Member of the Bundestag

| image = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F081286-0005, Bundeskanzleramt, Empfang für Behinderte.jpg

| caption = Lieselotte Berger (centre, standing) at a reception

| term_start = 26 August 1971

| term_end = 26 September 1989

| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|11|13|| df=y}}

| birth_place = Berlin

| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|9|26|1920|11|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Berlin, Germany

| party = CDU

| nationality = German

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Lieselotte Berger (November 13, 1920 – September 26, 1989) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.{{Cite web|title=Die Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages - 1.-13. Wahlperiode: Alphabetisches Gesamtverzeichnis; Stand: 28. Februar 1998|url=http://webarchiv.bundestag.de/cgi/show.php?fileToLoad=627&id=12|date=1998-02-28|website=webarchiv.bundestag.de|publisher=Deutscher Bundestag, Wissenschaftliche Dienste des Bundestages (WD 3/ZI 5)|language=de|trans-title=The members of the German Bundestag - 1st - 13th term of office: Alphabetical complete index|access-date=2020-05-21|format=PDF}}

Life

Since 1958, she was a member of the CDU. From 1965, she was a member of the CDU state executive committee in Berlin and from 1973 deputy CDU state chairwoman in Berlin.

On 26 August 1971, when she succeeded Karl-Heinz Schmitz, she joined the German Bundestag as a Berlin member. She was then a member of the German Bundestag until her death. Here she was chairman of the Petitions Committee from 1972 to 1987.

After the 1987 federal elections, she became Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Chancellor and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Government in Berlin on 12 March 1987. She held this office until her death.

Literature

{{cite book|editor1-last=Vierhaus|editor1-first=Rudolf|title=Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002|last2=Jahn|first2=Bruno|date=2002|publisher=De Gruyter - De Gruyter Saur|isbn=978-3-11-184511-1|last1=Herbst |first1=Ludolf|location=München|language=de|trans-title=Biographical Handbook of the Members of the German Bundestag. 1949–2002|pages=1715}}

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