Hermann Otto Solms
| Hermann Otto Solms | |
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| Vice President of the Bundestag | |
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In office October 26, 1998 – October 22, 2013 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 24, 1940 Lich, Hesse |
| Nationality |
 Germany
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| Political party | Free Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Christiane Meyer zu Eissen |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
University of Frankfurt University of Gießen Kansas State University |
| Religion | Lutheran |
| Website | www.hermann-otto-solms.de |
Hermann Otto Solms (born November 24, 1940 in Lich, Germany; full legal name Hermann Otto Prinz zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).
From 1991 to 1998 he was Chairman of the FDP Bundestag parliamentary party. From 1998 to 2013, he was Vice President of the Bundestag.
Solms was born posthumously, the third son and fifth child of Hermann Otto Erbprinz zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1902-1940). His father was the heir to the fortune and legacy of the Princes zu Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, a noble family known in Germany since 1129, whose Imperial county was made a principality of the Holy Roman Empire in 1792, but mediatized under the sovereignty of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1806. Hermann Otto's father died while serving as a lieutenant in the German Airforce at Neuruppin on 3 July 1940. His mother, née Baroness Gertrude von Werthern-Beichlingen (1913-1987), was re-married in 1950 to Hans Joachim Sell of Neustettin.
After completing his secondary education (Abitur) in 1960, Solms carried out his obligatory military service and then completed a commercial apprenticeship in 1964. He studied Economics in Frankfurt am Main and Giessen, Germany and Kansas, USA, finishing in 1969 with an economics degree and in 1975 with a doctoral degree in agriculture (dr. agr.).
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