Karl-Heinz Stienen
Karl-Heinz Stienen (born July 11, 1932 in Duisburg , † February 17, 2004 in Krefeld ) was a German politician. In 1986 he received the Federal Cross of Merit .
Stienen grew up in Krefeld-Linn and received his doctorate in 1963. jur. and practiced as a lawyer in Krefeld until 1977 . From February 1, 1977 to January 31, 1997 he was City Director in Krefeld.
From 1972 to 1976 Karl-Heinz Stienen was a directly elected member of the Bundestag for the SPD in Krefeld , which he left in 1976 to found the Social Democratic Union (SDU) with Willi Sinncker and Hans-Günther Weber . Stienen had read Solzhenitsyn's archipelago Gulag in 1975 and, under this impression, wrote it as head of the SDU's program commission with Sinncker, Kissel, Klaer and Kalanke at the SDU's founding party conference on 17/18. June 1977 adopted SDU basic program. However, the SDU did not get beyond the status of a small party.
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| SURNAME | Stienen, Karl-Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duisburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 2004 |
| Place of death | Krefeld |