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Born Feb 17, 1937 · Wuppertal, Germany
Awards: Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony Honorary Medal, Otto von der Gablentz award, Magnus Hirschfeld Medal, honorary doctor of Ben-Gurion University, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Theodor Heuss Award
Rita Süssmuth was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as the tenth president of the Bundestag.