100th Birthday Annemarie Renger - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 2019 - 155 Euro Cent

The grande dame of the SPD was born on October 7, 1919 in Leipzig. She completed an apprenticeship in publishing and married the advertising manager Emil Ernst Renger in 1938. Her son was born in the same year. After reading excerpts from his speech "Wir verzweifeln nicht!" ("We do not despair!") she began working for Kurt Schumacher in 1945, whose closest confidante she became. After his death she actively entered politics. In 1953 she was elected to the Bundestag, to which she belonged for 37 years without interruption. She asserted herself in the men's world of Bonn and belonged to various committees. She also rose to high office within the SPD. She reached the peak of her career when, on December 13, 1972, she was elected President of the German Bundestag as the first woman and first Social Democrat. She held this office until 1976, after which she was Vice-President of Parliament until she left the Bundestag at the end of 1990. Annemarie Renger had a decisive influence on German politics and was appreciated by all parties. She died on March 3, 2008 in Remagen-Oberwinter.