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'Egon Karlheinz Bahr' (born March 18 1922 in Treffurt/Thüringen) is a German former politician for the SPD.
The former journalist created the "Ostpolitik" of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, for whom he served as Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office from 1969 until 1972. Between 1972 and 1990 he was an MP in the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany, and from 1972 until 1976 was also a Minister.