Manfred Rommel

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Manfred Rommel (born December 24, 1928) is a German politician (CDU), who was Mayor of Stuttgart from 1974 until 1996. He is one of the most popular local politicians of the CDU.

He is the second of two children of WWII Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Before he became mayor, he studied law and made a career as a high-ranking civil servant and state secretary in the state government.

Honours

President of the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gesellschaft
Orden des Großoffiziers im Orden von Oranien-Nassau (1982)
Ehrensenator der Fachhochschule für Technik Stuttgart (1982)
Honorary doctorate of the University of Missouri-St. Louis (1983),

of the Maryland University and

the University of Wales

Chevalier of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic (1985)

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1990)

Verdienstmedaille des Landes Baden-Württemberg

Theodor-Heuss-Medaille

General-Clay-Medallion

Dolf Sternberger-Preis

Karry Preis

Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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