Philipp Jenninger
| Philipp Jenninger | |
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Philipp Jenninger (right) with Jürgen Sudhoff
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| President of the Bundestag | |
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In office 1984–1988 |
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| Preceded by | Rainer Barzel |
| Succeeded by | Rita Süssmuth |
| German Ambassador to Austria | |
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In office 1991–1995 |
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| German Ambassador to the Holy See | |
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In office 1995–1997 |
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| Personal details | |
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10 June 1932 Rindelbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Political party | CDU |
Philipp Jenninger (born 10 June 1932) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union and diplomat. He was the 9th President of the Bundestag from 1984 to 1988. He also served as Member of the German Parliament, the Bundestag (1969–1990), Minister of State at the German Chancellery (1982–1984), German Ambassador to Austria (1991–1995) and German Ambassador to the Holy See (1995–1997).
Phillipp Jenninger, whose full name is Philipp-Hariolf Jenninger, was born in 1932 in Rindelbach, now a part of Ellwangen. He studied law at the University of Tübingen, obtaining a doctoral degree in 1957 with a dissertation titled Die Reformbedürftigkeit des Bundesverfassungsgerichts (The necessity of reform of the Federal Constitutional Court) and passing the state examination in 1959. In 1960, he started working in the Bundeswehr administration in Stuttgart. He became an assistant in the Federal Ministry of Defense and later personal assistant and press contact of Federal Minister for the Affairs of the Defence Council Heinrich Krone. After the dissolution of this ministry, he worked from 1966 to 1969 as political assistant of Federal Minister of Finance Franz Josef Strauß.
Between 1982 and 1984, Jenninger served as Minister of State at the German Chancellery, under Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
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