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 only child of the 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.
He was famous for allowing the bodies of Red Army Faction members who have committed suicide in prison be buried together in Stuttgart despite fears that the grave could turn into a rallying point for socialist activists.
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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