Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm
 Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm     ( politician) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 October 1916 Munich, Germany | |||||||||||
| Died | 19 January 1977 (Age 60) | |||||||||||
| Nationality | German | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | Schule Schloss Salem | |||||||||||
| Party | Free Democratic Party (Germany), CDU | |||||||||||
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Knut Otto Christian Hans Konstantin Hubertus von Kühlmann-Stumm was a German politician for the Free Democratic Party. He left the FDP in 1971 because of its support for the Ostpolitik of chancellor Willy Brandt, joining the conservative CDU instead. He attended the 1964 Bilderberg meeeting.
Background
Kühlmann was born 17 October 1916, in Munich. He was the son of German industrialist Richard von Kühlmann (1873–1948) and Margarete Freiin von Stumm (1884–1917).[1] His father had ben State Secretary for Foreign Affairs,[2] who was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire and the Netherlands.[3][4] His maternal grandfather was Baron Hugo Rudolf von Stumm, a German industrialist, landowner, member of the state parliament and Prussian cavalry officer.[5] As an infant, he inherited Ramholz Castle upon his mother's death.
Education
He attended school at Schloss Salem. His classmates included Prince Philip (of England), Golo Mann and Erik Blumenfeld.[6] After school he completed a two year banking apprenticeship in Berlin.[7]
World War 2
From 1936 to 1945 he was officer in the German Wehrmacht. Suring the Desert War in North Africa, he was an orderly officer in Rommel's staff. He ended the war at the Battle of Berlin. He returned from captivity later in 1945.
After World War II he ran his own estate in Ramholz.[8] He inherited a share of family mining company Gebrüder Stumm in Neunkirchen, Saarland.[7]
Career
Member of Parliament, floor leader of the Free Democratic Party, Germany.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1964 | 20 March 1964 | 22 March 1964 | US Virginia Williamsburg | A year after this meeting, the post of GATT/Director-General was set up, and given Eric Wyndham White, who attended the '64 meeting. Several subsequent holders have been Bilderberg insiders, only 2 are not known to have attended the group. |
References
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-washington-post-wealthy-baroness-dea/138595335/}
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-la-marquise-de-fontenoy/138595654/
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=rW8aAQAAIAAJ
- ↑ Who's Who]
- ↑ https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz129407.html
- ↑ https://www.spiegel.de/politik/haeuptling-knut-a-a085e717-0002-0001-0000-000046172724
- ↑ Jump up to: a b https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Knut+Freiherr+von+K%C3%BChlmann+Stumm/0/10365.html
- ↑ Spiegel.de:Knut Freiherr von Kühlmann-Stumm (German), 1962
