Erwin Teufel
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Erwin Teufel is a German
Germany
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politician of the CDU
Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
. Teufel was the leader of the CDU parliamentary faction in the state parliament (Landtag) of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
from 1978 to 1991. He was minister-president
Minister-President
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of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of the CDU state party group
CDU Baden-Württemberg
The CDU Baden-Württemberg is the biggest political party in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, and the second largest state party of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany with 77,800 members...
from 1991 to 2005, serving as President
President of the German Bundesrat
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of the Bundesrat
Bundesrat of Germany
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in 1996/97. Teufel is an honorary member of A.V. Cheruskia Tübingen, a catholic student fraternity which is a member of the Cartellverband
Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen
The Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen or Cartellverband is a German umbrella organization of Catholic male student fraternities .-Foundation:...
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