Martin Bangemann
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![Bangemann (left) with Erich Honecker in Berlin 1986.](/Images/godic/202412/23/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1986-0317-027,_Berlin,_Gespräch_Honecker,_Bangemann3153.jpg")
Martin Bangemann (born 15 November 1934 in Wanzleben) is a German politician and a former leader of the FDP (1985–1988). He studied Law in Tübingen and Munich, earned a Dr. jur. (equivalent to J.S.D.) in 1962, and qualified as an attorney in 1964. He is married and has five children.