Complex sentence: Dr. Hans Karl Filbinger (15 September 1913-1 April 2007) was a conservative Catholic German politician and leading member of the CDU in the 1960s and 1970s, serving as the first chairman of CDU Baden-Württemberg and vice chairman of the federal CDU.
Split into simpler sentences: Dr. Hans Karl Filbinger (15 September 1913-1 April 2007) was a conservative German politician. He was chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the state of Baden-Württemberg and vice chairman of the federal CDU.