Hans-Jochen Vogel
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Hans-Jochen Vogel (born February 3 1926) is a German politician.
He went to School in Gießen and graduated in 1943. Afterwards he was conscripted into military service and served as a soldier for two years. He studied law in Marburg and Munich from 1946 to 1948.
He was mayor of Munich from 1960 to 1972. After the general election in 1972 he became federal minister for regional planning, construction and urban development. He served as federal minister of justice from 1974 to 1981. In January he became governing mayor of Berlin, however he lost the election in June and Richard von Weizsäcker became governing mayor. He ran for chancellor in 1983, but he lost the election. He was the chairman of the socialdemocratic parliamentary group from 1983 to 1991. He succeded Willy Brandt as the leader of the SPD in 1987. In 1991 he resigned from his post as party leader.de:Hans-Jochen Vogel