Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg

Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg,Entry  at WW-Person , the WWW Data base of European nobility known as Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, was a German politician.  He was born in Munich, Bavaria, on 5 December 1971.

In 2009 he became Federal Minister for Economics and Technology, and after eight months became Federal Minister for Defence on 28 October 2009.  He was really popular, but then people found that he cheated during his time at university.  The university took away his doctorate, and he decided to resign as a minister on 28 February 2011. On 3 March 2011, he was formally discharged as Minister of Defence and introduced his successor, Dr Thomas de Maizière as the new minister.  He resigned as a member of the Bundestag on the same day.

His wife Stephanie zu Guttenberg is a member of the Bismarck family.

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